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The UK Financial Conduct Authority published PS25/9 and PS25/10 in July 2025, setting out the final rules that will govern the UK’s new public offers and admissions to trading regime, which will replace the existing UK...more
The principal regulations governing offers of securities to the public and admissions of securities to trading on regulated markets in the United Kingdom, including the requirements for a prospectus, are contained in the UK...more
One could be forgiven, amidst the noise and glamour of the Leeds Reforms and the Mansion House speech, for having missed the snappily titled Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities etc.) (Amendment)...more
OVERVIEW - On 2 July 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a significant policy statement and consultation paper (CP25/18) addressing non-financial misconduct (NFM) in the financial services sector. It...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced its plan to launch a new and improved FCA Handbook website as part of its five-year strategy to enhance regulatory efficiency...more
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Policy Statement PS25/5, Our Enforcement Guide and greater transparency of our enforcement investigations, setting out the changes it is making to its Enforcement Guide...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published policy statement PS25/5 accompanied by a press release, outlining final revisions to its Enforcement Guide (now abbreviated as ENFG). The revisions follow a two-part...more
Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue we discuss...more
The regulator has dropped its proposed “public interest” test, but will take certain aspects of its proposals forwards. On 3 June 2025, the FCA published its final policy (PS25/5) on announcing enforcement...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Handbook Notice 130, which outlines updates to the FCA Handbook, including changes for fund managers stemming from the recommendations of the Investment Research Review...more
HM Treasury has confirmed its approach to the regulation of Buy-Now Pay-Later (BNPL) lending in its response to the October 2024 consultation. On 19 May 2025, Government also laid draft legislation before Parliament. Given...more
The UK Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System Sandbox) Regulations 2025 were published, alongside an explanatory memorandum. The Regulations largely reflect the...more
The UK Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has updated its webpage confirming that the new charging structure, which includes charges for professional representatives referring cases, now applies. The changes have been made in...more
On 1 November 2024, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a joint policy statement (PS 18/24) on the prudential assessment of acquisitions and increases in control. The...more
The recent proposals from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) on diversity and inclusion (D&I) include proposals in respect of governance and oversight within in-scope firms....more
Proposals from the UK financial regulators aimed at improving diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the UK financial services sector include an explicit expectation for all in-scope firms to consider a lack of D&I as a...more
The latest UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) proposals for improving diversity and inclusion in financial services include requiring firms to report on six new inclusion metrics....more
Post six in our blog series on the UK Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority proposals to improve diversity and inclusion (D&I) in UK financial services considers the D&I data firms would be required...more
The latest post in our blog series looking at the UK Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority proposals to improve diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the financial services industry focusses on data...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) are consulting on proposals to introduce a new financial services regulatory framework on diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the financial...more
Fund Tokenisation: The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a press release announcing that it has joined the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Project Guardian, a collaborative initiative with the financial industry...more
With new provisions in effect beginning August 29, 2023, the UK’s regulatory framework for digital assets begins to take shape. FSMA 2023 explicitly brings cryptoassets within the FCA’s regulatory perimeter and creates a...more
In a previous client alert (New Risk Warning Rules for UK Private Fund Managers: Action Required), we discussed the rules governing the main risk warnings for financial promotions of high-risk investments, which came into...more
In our previous client alert, we mentioned the need for managers to review new rules contained in PS22/10, published by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The rules governing the main risk warnings for financial...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. Key developments in August 2022: 24 August - The Financial Conduct Authority...more