Background On 12 July 2023 Nikhil Rathi, the CEO of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), delivered a speech on the FCA’s regulatory approach to Big Tech and Artificial Intelligence (“AI”)....more
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 ,
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Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
6/6/2023
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
AML/CFT ,
Cryptoassets ,
ELTIF ,
ESRB ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Libor ,
MiFID II ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Risk Management ,
SFDR ,
UCITS
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 ,
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