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FCA Non-Financial Misconduct Rules: Private Fund Managers, Fintechs, and Other Non-Banks Firmly in Scope

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In a previous alert, “FCA D&I Standards for Large Firms Abandoned (for now), Non-financial Misconduct Rules Delayed (but Still Important),” we discussed the proposals put forward by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...more

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PRA consults on withdrawal of SS20/15: Supervising building societies' treasury and lending activities

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The Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) has published a consultation paper (CP/11/25) proposing the deletion of supervisory statement (SS) 20/15, which outlines the supervision of building societies' treasury and lending...more

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PRA consults on updated supervisory expectations to manage climate-related risks

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The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has issued a consultation paper (CP10/25) and draft updates to the supervisory statement 3/19. The consultation aims to enhance supervisory expectations on the management of...more

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Crypto business in (and “to”) the UK: Further light on the new regulatory regimes

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The Response and Stablecoins Update confirm the core of HMT’s policy proposals in the General Consultation and Stablecoin Consultation, respectively, although they shine further light on the features of the regulatory regime....more

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UK Outlines Bank Ring-Fencing Reforms

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Government plans to add more flexibility to the regime, but its long-term future remains undecided. On 28 September 2023, HM Treasury published further papers in relation to the planned reform of the UK bank ring-fencing...more

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Putting It All Together: A Brief Guide to the UK’s New Securitisation Framework

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The new securitisation framework will combine three sets of overlapping rules, in an effort to repeal and replace retained EU law in the UK. The missing piece of the puzzle to the UK’s new securitisation framework became...more

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FCA proposals to cut out RDC involvement in significant supervisory cases will lead to undesirable outcomes for the regulator and...

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At the end of July 2021, the FCA published a consultation paper, CP21/25, setting out proposals to reduce the decision-making remit of its quasi-independent Regulatory Decisions Committee (“RDC”) and instead bring those...more

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UK Regulators Launch Discussion on Diversity and Inclusion

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Discussion Paper opens debate on potential new rules to improve diversity in financial services. On 7 July 2021, the FCA, the PRA, and the Bank of England published a joint Discussion Paper on diversity and inclusion in...more

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Private Bank Briefing – June 2021

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The latest edition of our Private Bank Briefing provides a roundup of legal and compliance issues impacting private banks and their clients from Q2 2021. In this edition, we cover sustainable finance developments, the...more

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IBA announces consultation on extension of LIBOR transition deadline to end of June 2023

On November 30, 2020, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) announced that the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICE and the administrator of LIBOR, will consult in early December 2020...more

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COVID-19: FCA Announcement on Key Workers in Financial Services and other issues

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The FCA has published a series of measures and regulatory guidance on how financial services firms should deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In our previous client notes, “Planning in a Time of Pandemic:...more

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Crypto Coming of Age: UK Regulation Hits Cryptoasset Business

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New regulatory requirements, including registration and customer disclosure requirements, apply to regulated and unregulated persons carrying on relevant cryptoasset business. On 20 December 2019, the UK government published...more

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Authorised Push Payment Scams

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Following a super-complaint by Which?, the Payment System Regulator (“PSR”) investigated and consulted in 2016 and 2017 on whether and how victims of authorised push payment (“APP”) scams should be better protected....more

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Private Bank Briefing: Issues Impacting the Private Bank Sector

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On 23 January 2019, the FCA published a Consultation Paper (CP19/4) concerning further amendments to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR). For private banks which are already subject to the SMCR, the...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Proposes to Exclude the Head of the Legal Function From the Senior Managers Regime

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On 23 January 2019 the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Consultation Paper CP19/4 which, amongst other things, proposes to exclude the Head of the Legal function from the Senior Managers Regime (SMR). The...more

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Financial Regulatory Developments Focus - November 2018 #2

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In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal U.S., European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more

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UK Prudential Regulator Consults on Managing Financial Risks from Climate Change

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The Prudential Regulation Authority has published a consultation paper on a draft Supervisory Statement on managing the financial risks from climate change. The consultation follows the PRA's publication in September 2018 of...more

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UK Government Consults on Transposition Measures for the EU Bank Creditor Hierarchy Directive

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HM Treasury has published a consultation on the U.K. Government's proposed approach to implementing the EU Bank Creditor Hierarchy Directive (also known as the Insolvency Hierarchy Directive) into U.K. domestic law. Member...more

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UK Financial Conduct Regulator Proposes to Apply Principles and Conduct Rules to Payment Service Providers and Electronic Money...

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has launched a consultation on general standards and communication rules for the payment services and e-money sectors....more

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UK Prudential Regulator Confirms its Approach to MREL Reporting

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The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a Policy Statement on reporting the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities and an updated Supervisory Statement "Resolution Planning", following a...more

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Bank of England Confirms Approach to Valuation Capabilities of Firms to Support Resolvability

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Following its consultation in August 2017, which closed in November 2017, the Bank of England has published its Statement of Policy on its expectations on the minimum standard of valuation capabilities that firms should have...more

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UK Prudential Regulation Authority Finalizes Model Risk Management Principles for Stress Testing

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The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a Policy Statement and a finalized Supervisory Statement following a consultation which ran from December 2017 to March 2018 on model risk management principles for...more

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UK Payment Systems Regulator Consults on Reviewing its Directions on Access, Governance and Participants’ Relationships with the...

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The U.K. Payment Systems Regulator has published a consultation on a review of the six formal General Directions (Directions GD 1-6) and one Specific Direction (SD1) it adopted in 2015 under the Financial Services (Banking...more

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FCA Publishes Long-Awaited Consultation Papers on the Extension of the SMCR

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The FCA will take a proportionate approach, reflecting the diversity of firms within the proposed regime’s remit. On 26 July 2017, the FCA published its long-awaited Consultation Papers on the extension of the Senior...more

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Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume X, Issue 35

SEC/CORPORATE - US District Court Orders SEC To Revise Resource Extraction Issuer Rule - On September 2, the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered the SEC to file with the District Court in 30...more

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