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Last week, the FCA published its long-awaited policy statement containing amendments to the FCA’s Code of Conduct (“COCON”) aimed at combatting non-financial misconduct (“NFM”). NFM can amount to a breach of FCA rules in any...more
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
On 2 July 2025, the FCA published a further consultation paper on “tackling non-financial misconduct in financial services”. The industry has been eagerly awaiting publication of this paper, in the hope that it will address...more
Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. ...more
On 10 August 2023, the FCA published Primary Market Bulletin 45, which describes its process for developing its policy position in relation to the new ISSB standards and developing climate-related transition plan guidance for...more
Key Points - The Fund Manager Code of Conduct will be amended to require fund managers managing collective investment schemes to take climate-related risks into consideration in their investment and risk management...more
The paper proposes standards of conduct for intermediaries involved in bookbuilding and placing activities in ECM and DCM transactions. On 8 February 2021, the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC)...more
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
The FCA recently released the latest in a long series of papers relating to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (“SMCR”). FCA Consultation Paper CP19/4 sets-out new measures designed to “optimise” the SMCR ahead of...more
On 8 December 2015, the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (the “SFC”) released the “Consultation Conclusions on the Client Agreement Requirements” (“Consultation Conclusions”), in which the SFC has resolved to...more