Podcast: ESMA Report: Undue Pressure on Companies
ESMA has recently recommended notable amendments to the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive, which sets the standards for permissible investments by UCITS funds across Europe. These reforms could redefine permissible investment...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final report on the 2023-2024 common supervisory action (CSA) carried out with national competent authorities (NCAs)on the integration of sustainability...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) International - FSB: Plenary December 2024 - Status: Final - The FSB has set out the outcomes of its Plenary that met on 3 and 4 December. Points of...more
The Irish government has been supportive of the development of the financial services sector in Ireland and this extends to fintech. The government’s strategy for the development of Ireland’s international financial services...more
Q: What is DORA? “DORA” stands for the Digital Operational Resilience Act, an EU regulation that creates a new framework for the EU financial sector with regard to information and communications technology (ICT)....more
MiFIR / MiFID II: The European Parliament published a press release announcing it has reached provisional political agreement with the Council of the EU on the proposed amendments to the Markets in Financial Instruments...more
On 21 December 2022, ESMA published a final report in relation to draft technical standards for cross-border fund management activities and the cross-border marketing of investment funds within the EEA under the UCITS and...more
ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - The European Commission Reviews Its Informal Guidance Notice - On 24 May 2022, the European Commission (Commission) launched a public consultation to gather feedback from interested parties on the...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. Key developments in May 2022: 31 May - Key developments in May 2022: The European...more
IOSCO this week published a consultation on measures to address risks from digitalisation of retail marketing and distribution. Here in the UK, the FCA launched its own a consultation on strengthening financial promotion...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. ...more
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (“BCBS”) published a report jointly with the World Bank setting out the findings from a global survey on proportionality in banking regulation and supervision....more
Recent regulatory developments of interest to all financial institutions. Includes updates on COVID-19, FCA guidance on assessing adequate financial resources, and European Commission draft legislation incorporating...more
1 August - The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published an insight article on artificial intelligence ("AI") in the boardroom. The article considers various AI-related issues in the boardroom....more
One likely impact of the decision of the United Kingdom (UK) to leave the European Union (EU) is that the UK’s financial services industry will lose automatic rights of access to the EU’s free trade area (the Single Market)...more