Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
8/7/2024
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Cryptoassets ,
ELTIF ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
International Competition Network ,
Listing Rules ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
SFDR ,
Sustainability ,
UK
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation.
...more
12/5/2023
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Cryptoassets ,
EMIR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Greenwashing ,
Infrastructure ,
Investment Firms ,
MiFID ,
MiFID II ,
Over The Counter Derivatives (OTC) ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Short Selling ,
Tokenization ,
UCITS ,
UK
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
10/12/2023
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
AML/CFT ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Cryptoassets ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Promotions ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
FSMA ,
IMF ,
Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) ,
Libor ,
Mergers ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
SFDR ,
UCITS ,
UK
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
9/7/2023
/ AML/CFT ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Commission Delegated Regulation ,
Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructure (CPMI) ,
Cryptoassets ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Central Bank ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FSMA ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Firms ,
IOSCO ,
Money Market Funds ,
New Regulations ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulation Technical Standards (RTS) ,
UK
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
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation.
Key developments in April 2023:
28 April FCA Handbook: The Financial Conduct...more
5/22/2023
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Asset Management ,
Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
CRD IV Directive ,
Cryptoassets ,
CSDR ,
Digital Assets ,
EMIR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Central Bank ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
FinTech ,
Illiquid Assets ,
Libor ,
UK
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation.
Key developments in October 2022:...more
11/2/2022
/ Bank of England ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
CSDR ,
EMIR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
MiFID II ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
SFDR ,
UK
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
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
31 December -
The Brexit Transitional Period (pursuant to which the UK stayed in the Single Market and European Customs Union came to an end. The FCA updated its Brexit webpages to remind firms of the potential impact...more
1/11/2021
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
CRD V ,
ESRB ,
ETFs ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Action Task Force ,
Financial Stability Board ,
MiFID II ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
30 November -
The Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) published a statement about its forthcoming policy statement on implementing the CRD V Directive ((EU) 2019/878).
HM Treasury updated its webpage on a call for...more
12/7/2020
/ Bank of England ,
Capital Markets ,
Capital Markets Union ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Commission Delegated Regulation ,
EMIR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Financial Stability Board ,
HM Treasury ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
UK
27 May -
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a new webpage that explains that it is allowing firms to defer individuals' uncompleted continuing professional development (“CPD”) hours to the next CPD year in...more
2 September -
The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") updated its webpage relating to its guidance consultation on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers.
The European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA")...more
10/9/2019
/ AML/CFT ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
PSD2 ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
1 May -
The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published a call for input on its evaluation of the Retail Distribution Review and Financial Advice Markets Review.
The Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") published...more
6/3/2019
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
CRR II ,
EIOPA ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
IOSCO ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Solvency II ,
UK