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Mansion House: UK government publishes draft Overseas Recognition Regimes Regulations and Guidance

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Alongside its Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, the UK government has laid before Parliament, a draft of the Financial Services (Overseas Recognition Regime Designations) Regulations 2025 (the ORR...more

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BoE and PRA publish annual reports

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The Bank of England (BoE) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have published a series of annual reports, which are set out below. - BoE Annual Report and Accounts. The BoE has set out its strategic investment...more

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Bank of England discusses opportunities in innovating wholesale payments

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Victoria Cleland, Executive Director of Payments, Bank of England (BoE) has given a speech on innovating wholesale payments: building a resilient and innovative future. In the speech, Ms Cleland discusses the BoE's innovation...more

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Bank of England 2025 bank capital stress test launched

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The Bank of England (BoE) has launched the 2025 bank capital stress test for the seven largest and most systemic UK banks and building societies. The exercise is the successor to the Annual Cyclical Scenario. The test...more

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EU recognition of UK CCPs extended

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Following the extension of EU equivalence for UK CCPs to 30 June 2028 under the EU European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), on 17 March, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced the extension of...more

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Prudential Regulatory Authority delays UK implementation of Basel 3.1 to 2027

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In response to global uncertainty the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has further delayed the implementation of the Basel 3.1 standards in the UK to 1 January 2027. This delay comes just four months...more

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Bank of England publishes annual report on the supervision of financial market infrastructures

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The Bank of England has published its annual report on its supervision of financial market infrastructures, covering the period December 16, 2023 —December 17, 2024. The report sets out the work undertaken by the BoE over the...more

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Bank of England Consults on Revocation of UK Technical Standards on Simplified Obligations

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The Bank of England has published a consultation paper on the proposed revocation of the U.K. technical standards on simplified obligations. The U.K. retained the EU framework for determining the level of information required...more

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A Review of the UK and EU Approaches to Third Country Branches and Subsidiarisation

Financial centres around the world have been hosts to branches and representative offices of international banks since as early as the 19th century. The term “branch” refers to a local establishment of a foreign financial...more

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Bank of England Updates Approach to Financial Market Infrastructure Supervision

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The Bank of England has updated its approach to financial market infrastructure supervision. The BoE states that its approach to supervision continues to be underpinned by four core principles: (i) its supervisors rely on...more

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Bank of England Publishes Updated Enforcement Policy and Procedure

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The Bank of England has published a policy statement on its approach to enforcement and an updated Statement of Policy And Procedure on its approach to enforcement. The update follows the Financial Services and Markets Act...more

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Bank of England Speech on Artificial Intelligence and Financial Stability

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The Bank of England has published a speech by Sarah Breeden, BoE Deputy Governor, Financial Stability, on AI and financial stability. In the speech, Ms. Breeden explores the novel features of Generative AI, and how financial...more

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Bank of England Consults on Fees Regime for Financial Market Infrastructure Supervision 2024/25

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The Bank of England has began consulting on proposals for its supervisory fees for financial market infrastructure firms for 2024/25. The proposals cover: (i) the fee rates to meet the BoE's 2024/25 funding requirement for...more

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The UK Digital Securities Sandbox is officially open

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On September 30, 2024, the UK Digital Securities Sandbox was officially declared open. The announcement was made by the Bank of England (BoE) and the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), following the consultation earlier...more

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Zooming In on AI - #6: AI under financial regulations in the U.S., EU and U.K.

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Many governments are grappling with the question of how to regulate artificial intelligence to ensure it is adopted safely and used responsibly without hampering innovation. Governments have generally indicated similar...more

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The EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act 2022/2554 (DORA)

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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

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Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 23-29 Feb 2024

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Amongst the broad range of updates this week, at international level, the FSB published its thematic peer review on MMF Reforms and the BCBS published the outcomes of its meeting held on 28 and 29 February, including that it...more

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The U.K.’s New Regime for Critical Third Party Supervision

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Regulated financial services institutions and financial market infrastructure (FMI) providers often rely on third parties who provide significant services to them behind the scenes, including “cloud” services and IT services...more

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AI Insights: How Regulators Worldwide Are Addressing the Adoption of AI in Financial Services

Following the declaration of the international artificial intelligence (AI) “Safety Summit” at Bletchley Park (Bletchley Summit) on November 1, 2023, and the White House’s October 30, 2023, Executive Order on AI (Executive...more

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The Edinburgh Reforms: Big Bang 2.0 or Thoughtful Change?

Following the recently introduced Solvency UK for insurers, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt (the UK finance minister) has announced the Edinburgh Reforms, a further series of reforms aimed at the UK financial...more

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Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Saturday, September 24, 2022

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September 23, 2022- The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched its annual EU-wide transparency exercise, as part of its efforts to monitor risks and vulnerabilities and to reinforce market discipline....more

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UK Regulators Propose Changes to Margin Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared Derivatives

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The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority have issued a joint consultation paper on proposals to amend the U.K. Binding Technical Standards on margin requirements for non-centrally cleared...more

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UK Government Consultation on Regulation of Central Counterparties and Central Securities Depositories

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HM Treasury has released a further consultation under the Future Regulatory Framework Review concerning the regulation of central counterparties and central securities depositories. The Future Regulatory Framework Review is...more

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Securities and markets regulatory news, August 2021

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SMCR for FMIs: HM Treasury consultation HM Treasury has published a consultation paper proposing a Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR or SM&CR) for financial market infrastructures (FMIs). The consultation closes...more

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Financial institutions general regulatory weekly news, July 2021 #2

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Future framework for regulation of UK financial services: Treasury Committee report - The House of Commons Treasury Committee has published its Fifth Report of Session 2021-22 on the future framework for regulating financial...more

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