Podcast: ESMA Report: Undue Pressure on Companies
The first half of 2025 brought significant developments in the regulation of digital and cryptoassets in the UK and EU. In this half-year update, we review these and look ahead to likely developments in the UK and EU in the...more
The deadline is fast approaching for in-scope financial entities and their ICT service providers to conform to the EU’s new digital operational resilience regulation. With effect from 17 January 2025, a broad range of EU...more
Long IT sub-contracting chains can make it hard for financial institutions to understand the vulnerabilities in their IT estate and the location of key functions (where these may be located in entities who do not have a...more
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) regulation is part of the European Union’s (EU) strategy to enhance the overall stability of the EU financial system by ensuring that financial entities are resilient to digital...more
The European Union has recently demonstrated additional interest in the potential uses of blockchain technology for financial services outside of virtual currencies. On April 22, 2015, the European Securities and Markets...more