In our annual financial services Horizon Scanning webinar, our regulatory team provided an overview of upcoming and expected changes for UK firms.
Partners from our UK team considered regulatory updates on the horizon for...more
The FCA has issued the final version of its rules for stage one of the UK’s new Sustainability Disclosure Requirements or SDR, together with its new ESG product labelling regime. The rules are detailed and complex. The new...more
The FCA has issued the final version of its new anti-greenwashing rule – part of a package that includes additional rules as stage one of the UK’s new Sustainability Disclosure Requirements or SDR, plus the FCA’s new ESG...more
The FCA published its final rules on the Consumer Duty in a Policy Statement on 27 July 2022 (PS22/9) and firms now have until 31 July 2023 to fully implement such rules for new and existing products or services and until 31...more
The FCA published its final rules on the Consumer Duty in a Policy Statement on 27 July 2022 (PS22/9) and firms now have until 31 July 2023 to fully implement such rules for new and existing products or services and until 31...more
The FCA has finalised its new proposed consumer duty regime for UK firms, with a start date of July 2023 (subject to transitional provisions). The first milestone in terms of a relevant firm’s implementation project is 31...more
As the start date for the EU Taxonomy Regulation looms, the ESAs have published their final draft of the RTS for the taxonomy’s product disclosure requirements.
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The first step in shaping the UK's financial services regime post-Brexit.
On 29 April 2021, the Financial Services Act 2021 (the Act) received Royal Assent. It is seen as the UK’s first step in control of the financial...more
On 14 May 2021 the FCA published its first Consultation Paper on a new “Consumer Duty” (CP21/13).1 The new Consumer Duty would...
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