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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published consultation paper CP25/20 on the systematic internaliser (SI) regime for bonds and derivatives. The consultation builds on the November 2024 final policy statement which...more
The UK Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published consultation paper CP25/2 alongside a new webpage, proposing the revocation of Specific Direction 4 (SD4) and its amendment, SD4a. SD4, introduced following the PSR's 2016...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
The package of consultations covers UK Sustainability Reporting Standards, transition plans, and assurance of sustainability-related disclosures....more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) recently published two consultations: CP25/14 on stablecoin issuance and cryptoasset custody (CP25/14), and CP25/15 on prudential requirements for cryptoasset firms (CP25/15, and...more
Mayer Brown’s UK Regulatory Update is a quarterly newsletter for the asset management sector. In this edition, covering Q1 2025, we look at consultations relating to the UK AIFMD framework, reporting and notification...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published consultation paper CP25/14 (CP) on stablecoin issuance and cryptoasset custody, accompanied by an updated webpage. This follows the FCA's discussion paper published in...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a consultation paper on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) on the transparency and integrity of environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating...more
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
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
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation paper (CP25/10), along with a press release and an updated webpage, proposing to remove all references to the UK Capital Requirements Regulation (UK CRR)...more
In its recent consultation [CP25/10: Definition of capital for FCA investment firms] (Consultation), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has stated that it wants to amend its capital rules for investment firms — such as...more
Following the 2024 independent review by Mr Andrea Enria (former Chair of the European Central Bank Supervisory Board) of the Central Bank of Ireland’s Fitness and Probity (F&P) assessment process, the Central Bank has...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published issue 55 of its Primary Market Bulletin (PMB 55). In PMB 55, the FCA: (i) provides feedback on its consultation in PMB 53, finalises 44 technical and procedural notes,...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation paper together with a related press release and webpage setting out further proposals on product information for Consumer Composite Investments (CCIs). The...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a consultation paper setting out draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) amending the RTS on the clearing thresholds (CTs) under the European Markets...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched its consultation in relation to derivatives transparency, package orders, and input and output data for consolidated tape providers (CTPs). This is the fourth...more
In our recent alert “Properly Valuing Private Equity, Venture, Real Estate, and Other Private Market Assets: Some Pointers for UK and EU Managers”, we discussed the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA’s) focus on fund...more
The proposals aim to make the UK regime more proportionate and suggest different rules applying to hedge funds, venture capital firms, and private equity houses. On 7 April 2025, the FCA published a Call for Input, and HM...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have opened a consultation on margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives. The proposals are to: - Make permanent the current...more
On January 03, 2025, the government released the much awaited draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, (Draft Rules / Rules) for public consultation and invited stakeholder feedback by February 18, 2025 (access the...more
The FCA is approaching its design of the world’s first regulated private/public crossover market with a “private plus” rather than a “public minus” mindset. On 17 December 2024, the FCA launched a consultation on its...more
Last summer, we described efforts of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and several states to protect workers from heat stress hazards. In July of this year, OSHA issued a notice for a proposed rule,...more
On July 22, 2024, the Small Business Administration (SBA) posted an announcement, Tribal Consultation for HUBZone Program Updates and Clarifications and Potential Reforms Under Executive Order 14112, 89 Fed. Reg. 59010...more
On July 22, 2024, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) published a Notice of Tribal Consultations (Notice) in the Federal Register related to a forthcoming proposed rulemaking affecting a number of SBA's small...more