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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the findings from its multi-firm review of principal trading firms' compliance with the detailed organisational requirements for algorithmic trading set out under the UK...more
UK Financial Insights from Katten is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds in the UK and Europe....more
The FCA has published Market Watch 82. This edition of Market Watch focuses on transaction report and, more specifically, highlights the FCA’s observations from its supervision of the UK Markets in Financial Instruments...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Market Watch 82, outlining supervisory findings on transaction reporting under the UK's Markets in Financial Instruments regime. The FCA focuses on three key areas: (i)...more
The draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Mutual Recognition Agreement) (Switzerland) Regulations 2025 have been laid before Parliament and published with a draft explanatory memorandum. The Regulations seek to...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a consultation paper (“CP 25/19”) on the ancillary activities exemption (the “AAE”) on 3 July 2025. The AAE enables commercial users and producers of commodities to undertake...more
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 draft Markets in Financial Instruments (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 has been laid before the UK Parliament under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (FSMA 2023), together with a draft explanatory...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 its final Policy Statement on Investment research payment optionality for fund managers (PS25/4) (see here for our note on PS25/4’s preceding Consultation Paper). The...more
In our previous alert Paying for Buy-Side Investment Research: New Rules Ease the US-UK Divide | Insights & Resources | Goodwin we discussed the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) final rules in its policy paper PS24/9:...more
His Majesty’s Treasury issued consultation paper—and the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Call for Input—in April, setting out proposals for a revised regime under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM)...more
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
Since December 2024, cryptoassets and related services are regulated in the European Union by the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). Although the regulation provides a comprehensive set of rules for issuers of...more
The Financial Services Regulatory Initiatives Forum (the Forum) has published the Regulatory Initiatives Forum Grid (the Grid), with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) also updating its webpage. The previous Grid was...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the findings of the multi-firm assessment of valuation practices and governance for valuing private equity, venture capital, private debt and infrastructure assets. The...more
The FCA has fined Infinox Capital, a London-based broker, for breach of MiFIR transaction reporting requirements. Infinox failed to submit reports for some 46,053 transactions executed by its single-stock CFD (contract for...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated its webpage on transparency waivers and deferrals in light of the upcoming changes to the UK MiFIR transparency regime for bond and derivatives markets. The FCA added a...more
The Financial Markets Standards Board has published its updated final statement of good practice for front office supervision of wholesale traded markets. The statement of good practice sets out 15 good practice statements,...more
From 1 August 2024, the UK changed its rules on how payments are made for investment research. UK firms may now use bundled payments for third-party research and trading commissions, subject to certain requirements being...more
Welcome to the July – September 2023 issue of our Irish Quarterly Legal and Regulatory Developments report for asset management and investment funds. This report covers key dates and developments during the quarter, such...more
MiFID II introduced obligations to record telephone conversations and any electronic communications that are intended to lead to a transaction. Records must be kept for at least five years. The COVID-19 pandemic, which...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
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a public statement to clarify issues regarding the application to firms of the MiFID II requirements on the recording of telephone conversations. ESMA...more
1 November - The Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") published a Dear CEO letter in relation to the reliability of regulatory returns. Firms are expected, if asked, to be able to respond promptly to a request from...more