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Brexit & Financial Services: Preparing for the End of the Transition Period
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has announced plans to review its client categorisation rules to unlock more investment opportunities for wealthy investors and support capital markets...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a press release welcoming a joint statement from asset management trade associations supporting the transition to faster settlement of trades in funds. Effective from 11...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the conclusion of its six-week policy sprint aimed at improving consumer investment decisions to support its key objective of supporting growth. With only 9% of UK...more
The FCA has published a report on private market valuation practices, after recently indicating that this area will be one of its supervisory priorities this year. Managers and advisers involved with private assets (in...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") has published findings from its multi-firm review of valuation processes for private market assets. Given the UK’s status as the largest centre for private market asset...more
Introduction - After a long gestation, the much heralded new UK fund structure, the Reserved Investor Fund (“RIF”) is finally expected to be available from 19 March 2025....more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation paper (CP25/3) on further proposals to support the implementation and operation of the new public offer platforms (POP) regime. This regime is designed to...more
Updated Principles of Remuneration - On the 9 October 2024, the Investment Association (‘IA’), a trade body for UK investment managers, published the Principles of Remuneration (the Principles). IA members are...more
The FCA proposes moving away from the PRIIPs KIDs to a more flexible, technologically neutral regime, which allows firms to innovate and prioritise good customer outcomes....more
The Regulations: (i) replace assimilated law in relation to the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products Regulation, establishing a new legislative framework for the regulation of Consumer Composite...more
For any UK fintech business involved with payments of electronic money (e-money) and any (experienced) investor in these businesses, safeguarding client funds is a key regulatory issue....more
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2023 | H1 2024 — Consumer Finance - Current market: Inflexion point for UK & European consumer lending - We are seeing: Significant consolidation activity: ...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently published its Policy Statement on Payment Optionality for Investment Research (PS24/9), setting out its final rules on the new option to pay for investment research and...more
Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features the new UK securitization regime, eHELOCs, and climate risk disclosures....more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published its long-awaited reforms to the UK’s listing regime (Listing Rules), designed to reinvigorate UK capital markets and make the listing regime more internationally...more
On 30 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) published Policy Statement PS24/4 (“PS24/4”) setting out the final FCA Securitisation Sourcebook (“SECN”). Subject to the repeal of the Securitisation Regulation...more
Acknowledging that high-quality, easily available investment research supports deep capital markets, listed companies, and economic growth, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently issued a consultation paper...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) confirmed on 11 March 2024 it will not object to requests from Recognised Investment Exchanges (RIEs) to establish UK-listed market segments for cryptoasset-backed exchange-traded notes...more
The new UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) sustainability disclosure requirements (SDR) and investment labels regime for managers of funds launches in July 2024, with a phased application through to December 2026. The SDR...more
The consultation sets out further detail on the government's proposals, announced as part of the Edinburgh Reforms in December 2022, to develop a venue for the intermittent trading of private company shares and seeks feedback...more
Following its July response to its consultation, HM Treasury has published a draft of the statutory instrument that will implement the U.K.'s revised retail disclosure framework. The draft Consumer Composite Investments...more
The European Commission recently launched two consultations — a public consultation and a targeted consultation (collectively, the Consultations) — seeking stakeholders’ feedback on potential changes to the Sustainable...more
The report and recommendations of the UK Investment Research Review were published on July 10, 2023. The recommendations have been accepted by the government and the Financial Conduct Authority has committed to prioritizing...more
In July 2023, the Investment Research Review (the Review) commissioned by the UK government published its findings into investment research in UK capital markets. The Review made the following seven recommendations, seeking...more