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Published concurrently with Consultation Paper 25/14 (CP 25/14) on the proposals for stablecoin issuance and cryptoasset custody in the UK, Consultation Paper 25/15 (CP 25/15) sets out the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s...more
The Capital Buffers and Macro-prudential Measures Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/653) have been laid before the UK parliament and published, together with an explanatory memorandum. The regulations restate relevant provisions of...more
The European Commission (EC) has launched a consultation to help determine the best approach for the application of the EU's framework on market risk prudential requirements for banks, with an accompanying press release. Last...more
A warm welcome to this 12th edition of Conyers Coverage to kick off 2025. Now that the dust has settled, our team is reflecting on another exceptional year for the Cayman Islands (re)insurance industry in 2024. We lawyers may...more
Fund Tokenisation: The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a press release announcing that it has joined the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Project Guardian, a collaborative initiative with the financial industry...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper on 3 August on amending its Dual-Regulated Firms Remuneration Code and relevant guidance in light of the EU’s revised Capital Requirements Directive (CRD...more
The legislative amendments to the EU's Capital Requirements Regulation and the Capital Requirements Directive, widely referred to as "CRD5" or "CRR2", have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Subject...more
New rules will modify regulatory capital requirements for securitisation positions and unify risk retention practices. By year end, the European Commission (the EC) is expected to publish two new EU regulations in the...more
Regulatory Developments - SEC to Vote on Final Title III Crowdfunding Rules Oct. 30: The SEC has announced that it will vote on whether to adopt rules and forms related to the offer and sale of securities through...more
On September 10, 2015, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued a revised list of validation rules in its implementing technical standards on supervisory reporting under the Capital Requirements Regulation (Regulation...more
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) recently issued its final BitLicense regulations with respect to Bitcoin and other virtual currencies. The new regulations require the licensing of, and establish...more
Amendments impact many aspects of broker-dealers' back-office operations and will require changes to a number of existing practices. On July 30, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to the...more