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The European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued its final report on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1108, on the criteria for the appointment of central contact...more
Of particular note this week, HM Treasury published a policy paper on ‘Greening Finance: A Roadmap to Sustainable Investing’ which sets out the UK government’s ambition to support the financial services sector to align with...more
Brexit - Please see the Other Developments section for the MoU agreed between the ECB, FCA and BoE on post-Brexit supervisory cooperation, effective from 1 January. ...more
Brexit - FCA provides information on the Temporary Permissions Regime (TPR) On 3 March, the FCA published new webpages providing information on the TPR. Firstly, the FCA published a webpage on how it will supervise firms...more
BREXIT - Please see our section on Other Developments for the FCA’s regulation round-up for January which updates on the FCA’s Brexit implementation activities. EC publish slides on the future relationship between the...more
BREXIT - Please refer to the Markets and Markets Infrastructure section for an update regarding the made Over the Counter Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories (Amendment etc and Transitional...more
BREXIT - The Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No.3) Regulations 2019 On 24 October, the Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No.3) Regulations 2019 were made, and an...more
BREXIT - ECB on no-deal Brexit - On 28 August, the ECB published the transcript of an interview (dated 15 August) with by Andrea Enria, Supervisory Board Chair of the ECB. In the interview, among other things, Mr Enria...more
BREXIT - EEA Joint Committee Decisions - On 18 July, four Decisions of the EEA Joint Committee made on 29 March and five Decisions made on 11 April that amend Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement were...more
BREXIT - Counter-Terrorism International sanctions guidance published On 3 May, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs published statutory guidance, as required by section 43 of the Sanctions and...more
PUBLICATIONS - Brexit and the creation of UK sectoral sanctions targets - The UK currently is set to leave the European Union on 29 March. In the context of international sanctions, most commentary has focussed on the...more