On 27 June 2023, the UK signed a long-awaited Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") with the European Union ("EU") to increase co-operation on financial services.
The MoU has been a long time coming: regulatory cooperation...more
On 5 December 2019 the Bank of England (Bank), UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published coordinated consultation papers and policy on new requirements to strengthen...more
3/12/2020
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On 31 January 2020 - the very date of the UK's withdrawal from the EU - the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a consultation on draft technical standards underpinning the recently revised EU market...more
On 31 July 2019 the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published final Guidance on the cryptoasset activities within its regulatory perimeter, in response to feedback on its January 2019 consultation paper and as trailed in...more
8/10/2019
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