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Sunday Book Review: August 10, 2025, The More Books from The Ethicsverse Library Edition
AI Today in 5: August 6, 2025, The Rethinking Compliance Episode
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Compliance Tip of the Day: Avoiding CCO Liability
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Sittenfeld v. United States – Campaign Contributions as Crimes?
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The Capital Ratio Podcast | Entering the US Banking Market
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On 17 June 2025, the European Commission (the "Commission") published its proposed measures to revive the securitisation framework in the European Union ("EU"), with a view to making it simpler and more fit for purpose. This...more
Following the recent focus on two major regulatory frameworks—the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (known as the GENIUS Act) in the United States, and Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the...more
Regulation (EU) 2025/1355 of the European Central Bank (ECB) adopted on 2 July has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation recasts and replaces Regulation (EU) No 795/2014, updating the...more
The Council of the EU has published initial four-column tables for the two key legislative proposals under the Payment Services Package: (i) the proposed Payment Services Directive (PSD3);...more
When crafting an entry into the U.S. markets, U.K. and European financial institutions need to carefully plan an appropriate strategy. Sebastian Barling, host of “The Capital Ratio” is joined by financial institutions...more
The EBA published a keynote speech delivered by its Chairperson, José Manuel Campa, at a high-level meeting for European supervisors in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on the importance of an efficient and effective financial services...more
ESMA Publishes Final Report on the Preparation of Securities Prospectuses -On 12 June 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its final report with regulatory technical standards (RTS) for the...more
Am 28. Juni 2025 tritt das Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz (BFSG) in Kraft. Das Kernziel des BFSG ist es, allen Menschen die barrierefreie Teilhabe am Wirtschaftsleben zu ermöglichen. So ist die Teilhabe an digitalen...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 Securitisation Framework came into force on 1 November 2024 and revoked the previous EU legislation that had been retained under UK law ("Previous UK SR"). The new regime represents a significant shift in the way that...more
Regulation (EU) 2025/914 amending the EU Benchmarks Regulation has been published in the Official Journal of the EU. The amending Regulation amends the scope of the rules for benchmarks...more
The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) has released a draft report (dated 14 May) and motion for a European Parliament resolution on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the...more
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
The ESMA Consultation comes at an interesting time when the possibility of streamlining template reporting is being considered as part of the wider review of the European Securitisation Regulation (EUSR) and as considered...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a final report setting out its technical advice to the European Commission on the amendments to the research provisions in the context of the Listing Act...more
The Division of Market Oversight (DMO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has withdrawn its previous staff advisory letter on swap execution facility (SEF) registration requirements (Letter 21-19). ...more
Established in 1994, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) is a voluntary membership organisation comprising insurance regulatory authorities, central banks, ministries of finance, and other...more
Against the backdrop of reinforced European and international anti-money-laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements, the Administration de l’enregistrement, des domaines et de la TVA (AED) has...more
Following an HM Treasury policy statement, the FCA has published a consultation paper proposing amendments to some of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIFID) conduct of business and systems and controls rules...more
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published an updated version of its anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) standards after the February FATF Plenary approved changes to Recommendation 1...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
As the evolution of payments continues at a rapid pace it is important that industry participants are up to date on the regulatory developments supporting and guiding these developments. This publication outlines the key...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published official translations of its guidelines on stress test scenarios under the Money Market Funds Regulation (MMF Regulation). These guidelines apply to competent...more
The EU T+1 Coordination Committee has published its summary of a meeting held on 6 February 2025. At the meeting, the European Commission representative indicated that the proposal to amend EU CSDR to shorten the securities...more
Investing in Europe: Is it a good time to do so? Opinions differ. The EU financial sector has experienced significant growth in recent years, driven by technological advancements and evolving consumer preferences, but there...more