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FCA plans to modernise client categorisation rules

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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

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UK Financial Regulation Update

The first four months of 2025 proved busy for the UK’s financial regulators, with both the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) publishing their strategy and business plan documents. As...more

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Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Friday, April 18, 2025

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April 17, 2025 - Federal Reserve Board Governor Michael S. Barr gave a speech entitled, “Deepfakes and the AI Arms Race in Bank Cybersecurity.” April 17, 2025- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston published an article...more

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Mortgages and the UK government’s pro-growth agenda: FCA outlines plans to refine and simplify regulatory regime

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Following the FCA’s January 2025 response to the government’s request for ideas to support its growth mission for the UK economy, the regulator has now written to the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, and released other...more

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UK FCA multi-firm review findings on suitability reviews

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a new webpage setting out their findings of whether financial advisers are delivering the ongoing advice services that consumers have paid for. The review focused on...more

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HMT to legislate for the UK's move to T+1

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HM Treasury (HMT) has published a response to UK's Accelerated Settlement Taskforce (AST) report recommending a plan for the UK to move to a T+1 settlement cycle for securities trades. HMT accepts the recommendation of 12...more

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FCA Updates on Growth and the Consumer Duty

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Speech focuses on the regulatory change agenda, and confirms that firms are no longer expected to have a Consumer Duty board champion. On 27 February 2025, the FCA published a speech given by Nikhil Rathi, in which he...more

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UK Prudential Regulation Authority response to HM Treasury November 2024 letter on remit and recommendations

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HM Treasury has published a letter (dated December 18, 2024) from Andrew Bailey, BoE Governor, in his role as Chair of the Prudential Regulation Committee. In the letter, Mr Bailey sets out the response of the PRC to HMT's...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority responds on motor finance judgment

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The Financial Conduct Authority has published a letter addressed to the House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee on motor finance commission specifically addressing the court of appeal judgement in Johnson v...more

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New UK Financial Conduct Authority webpages on consumer redress liabilities

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published two new webpages relating to consumer redress liabilities. The first webpage provides an update for firms on what they should and should not do to tackle polluting behavior...more

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European Regulatory Timeline 2025

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Following the turn of the new year, our UK Regulatory specialists have examined the key regulatory developments in 2025 impacting a range of UK and European firms within the financial services sector. The key dates have been...more

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Regulatory monitoring: EU version Newsletter - December 2024

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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

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Regulatory monitoring - December 2024

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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

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Updated memorandum of understanding on FMI supervision between Bank of England and UK Financial Conduct Authority published

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The Bank of England has published an updated memorandum of understanding between the BoE and the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority on the supervision of markets and financial market infrastructures...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority consults on a new product information framework for consumer composite investments

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a consultation on a new product information framework for Consumer Composite Investments. The regime will apply in respect of a CCI which is or may be distributed to a retail...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority publishes dear CEO letter for custody and fund services

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a Dear CEO Letter setting out its supervision strategy for firms in the custody and fund services sector. The custody and fund services sector broadly covers firms acting as...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority writes to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on growth, strategy, its international role, and risk

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The Financial Conduct Authority has published a letter from Nikhil Rathi, FCA Chief Executive, and Ashley Alder, FCA Chair, to Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer. The letter sets out how the FCA is supporting growth,...more

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Bank of England Amends Approach to Stress Testing UK Banking System

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The Bank of England has updated its approach to stress testing the U.K. banking system. From 2025 onwards, the BoE will move from an annual to a biennial frequency for its main bank capital stress test...more

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Bank of England System-Wide Exploratory Scenario Exercise and 2024 Central Counterparty Supervisory Stress Test

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The Bank of England has published the final report on its system-wide exploratory scenario. The SWES was a 'system-wide' exercise, incorporating a wide range of financial firms and business models, focusing not on the...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Policy Statement on Changes to Financial Crime Guide

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a policy statement on changes to its financial crime guide, following its consultation in April. The changes cover the following areas: (i) sanctions—to reflect information...more

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Second Financial Conduct Authority Consultation on Proposals for the Publication of Enforcement Measures

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published its second consultation on a proposed new approach to publicising its enforcement investigations and changes to its Enforcement Guide. The FCA first consulted on these...more

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CRT Transactions in the EU, U.K. and the United States

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In this bulletin, we consider the current state of the EU, U.K. and U.S. markets for credit risk transfer (“CRT”) transactions, with a particular focus on the fund finance market. For a more in-depth introduction to this...more

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Mansion House: UK Financial Conduct Authority and Financial Ombudsman Service Call for Input on Modernizing the Redress System

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority and the Financial Ombudsman Service have launched a joint call for input on modernizing the redress system. The two main concerns of the FCA and the FOS are mass redress events and FCA-FOS...more

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Mansion House: New Remit Letters for UK Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority to Focus on Growth

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HM Treasury has published remits and recommendations for the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority, set out in a letter sent from Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to Nikhil Rathi, FCA...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Discussion Paper on Improving the UK Transaction Reporting Regime

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has issued a discussion paper on potential options for improving the U.K. transaction reporting regime. The FCA has two primary objectives: to improve the usefulness of transaction...more

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