MiFIR / MiFID II: The European Parliament published a press release announcing it has reached provisional political agreement with the Council of the EU on the proposed amendments to the Markets in Financial Instruments...more
7/5/2023
/ AML/CFT ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Cryptoassets ,
CSDR ,
EMIR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Parliament ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Exit Planning ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Handbooks ,
Investment Firms ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
SFTR ,
Transparency ,
UCITS ,
UK
31 March -
SFTR: The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published an updated version of its Q&As (ESMA74-362-893) on complying with reporting requirements under the Regulation on reporting and transparency...more
4/10/2023
/ Amended Regulation ,
AML/CFT ,
Banking Sector ,
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) ,
Capital Markets ,
Cryptoassets ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
EMIR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
EU Benchmark Regulation ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
MiFIR ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Short Selling ,
UK
Background On 20 February 2023, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a discussion paper (DP23/2) on updating and improving the UK regime for asset management (the “Discussion Paper”).
As part...more
3/6/2023
/ Asset Management ,
Discussion Draft ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
On 9 December 2022, the United Kingdom’s Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an expansive set of reforms to the UK’s financial regulatory regime – labelled the “Edinburgh Reforms”.
Following the UK’s exit from the...more
12/23/2022
/ Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Scotland ,
SMCR ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Value-Added Tax (VAT)
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation.
...more
10/5/2022
/ Bank of England ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Commission Delegated Regulation ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Infrastructure ,
MiFID ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
MREL ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
TLAC ,
UK
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation.
Key developments in August 2022:
24 August -
The Financial Conduct Authority...more
9/7/2022
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Cryptoassets ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
EU ,
European Central Bank ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
New Regulations ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
UK
Key developments in June 2022:
30 June -
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a consultation paper (CP22/11) on winding down synthetic sterling LIBOR and USD LIBOR.
The Bank of England (“BoE”)...more
7/6/2022
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Blockchain ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Taxonomy
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation.
Key developments in May 2022:
31 May -
Key developments in May 2022: The European...more
6/13/2022
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Bank of England ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
SFDR ,
UCITS ,
UK
On 7 April 2022, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its 2022/23 Business Plan (“Business Plan”), as well as its Strategy for 2022 to 2025 (“Strategy”). The Strategy lays out the FCA's vision...more
Key developments in April 2022:
29 April -
The Financial Stability Board (“FSB”) published for consultation an interim report that recommends measures to assist supervisory and regulatory authorities in developing...more
5/6/2022
/ Asset Management ,
CRD IV Directive ,
EU ,
European Central Bank ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FSB ,
Investment Funds ,
Libor ,
Private Funds ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
UK
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation.
Key developments in March 2022:
31 March -
The European Securities and...more
4/8/2022
/ Cryptoassets ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Taxonomy ,
UK
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation.
28 February -
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published Handbook Notice...more
3/4/2022
/ EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FSB ,
G20 ,
Investment Funds ,
Libor ,
Money Market Funds ,
Payment Services Directive ,
Regulation Technical Standards (RTS) ,
UK
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. ...more
2/3/2022
/ Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) ,
Cryptoassets ,
EU ,
EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU MAR) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment ,
MiFID II ,
Money Laundering ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Structured Financial Products ,
UCITS ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
On 7 December 2021, the FCA published a second consultation paper (CP21/36) on the proposed "Consumer Duty" (the "Second Consultation"). The FCA's first consultation on this topic (CP21/13) was published in May 2021 and...more
On 19 January 2022, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a consultation paper (CP22/2) (the “Consultation”) setting out its proposals to strengthen its financial promotion rules for high-risk investments...more
1/25/2022
/ Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Instruments ,
Financial Promotions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Financial Transactions ,
FinTech ,
High Risk Financial Products ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Marketing ,
Peer-to-Peer ,
UK ,
Virtual Currency
In December 2021, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a consultation paper (CP21/34) outlining proposed changes to its Appointed Representatives (“AR”) regime (the “Consultation”). The FCA’s AR...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. ...more
1/6/2022
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
AML/CFT ,
Central Counterparties ,
CSDR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
MiFID ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
SMCR ,
UK
The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published a corrigendum from the European Commission to a set of answers on the application of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (EU/2019/2088) (“SFDR”)....more
12/6/2021
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
SFDR ,
UK
On 26 November 2021, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its third policy statement (PS21/17) setting out its final rules to introduce its Investment Firms Prudential Regime (“IFPR”). ...more
The Financial Stability Board published its final report on the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic from a financial stability perspective. The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a report on climate change...more
11/4/2021
/ Beneficial Owner ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
FATF ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FSB ,
Green Finance ,
Policy Statement ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
SFTR ,
UK
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. ...more
10/6/2021
/ EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FSB ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Money Laundering ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) ,
Policy Statement ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Regulation Technical Standards (RTS) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
UK
What is the IFPR?
The new UK Investment Firms Prudential Regime (“IFPR”) will come into force on 1 January 2022 and will apply to UK investment firms authorised under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (“MiFID”)...more
10/1/2021
/ Capital Requirements ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment ,
Investment Firms ,
MiFID ,
Policy Statement ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Remuneration ,
Risk Management ,
Rulemaking Process ,
UK
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (“BCBS”) published a report jointly with the World Bank setting out the findings from a global survey on proportionality in banking regulation and supervision....more
8/3/2021
/ Banks ,
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) ,
Benchmarks ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
CRD IV Directive ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Firms ,
MiFID II ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
SFDR ,
Supervisory Highlights ,
UCITS ,
UK
On 26 July 2021, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its second policy statement (PS21/9) (“PS2”) in relation to the UK Investment Firms Prudential Regime (“IFPR”). PS2 is the second of a series of policy...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
7/7/2021
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Capital Markets ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Fund Managers ,
HM Treasury ,
MiFID II ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
UK