HM Treasury (HMT) has published five new webpages, each with a collection of joint statements from key international financial partnerships reflecting their shared commitments and the outcomes they are seeking to achieve....more
The Bank of England (BoE) has published a new webpage on the national payments vision and the vision engagement group (VEG) of sector representatives supporting delivery of the vision. The webpage on the national payments...more
HM Treasury (HMT) published a policy statement on the appointed representatives regime, setting out how it proposes to adjust the appointed representative (AR) legislative framework to provide further needed protection for...more
The appointed representatives regime has been around longer than many of us might realise, having been introduced in 1986, and so predating our beloved Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA) by some years. No doubt,...more
Reform of the appointed representatives (ARs) regime has been on the cards for some time, with an HM Treasury (HMT) call for evidence having been published as far back as December 2021. HMT has now published a policy...more
The Bank of England (BoE) has published a consultation paper on a draft statement of policy (SoP) outlining its proposed approach to permissions, waivers and supervisory processes for central counterparties (CCPs), systemic...more
HM Treasury has published an update on the National Payments Vision (NPV), announcing plans to implement a new collaborative model for delivering the UK's next-generation retail payments infrastructure. The Payments Vision...more
The Senior Managers & Certification Regime ("SM&CR") has been a cornerstone of the UK’s individual accountability regulatory framework for banks, insurers and other regulated firms since its introduction in the wake of the...more
The House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee (FSR Committee) published a report on the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) proposal to publicise enforcement investigations, in the spirit of "naming and...more
HM Treasury has published explanatory guidance on a proposed U.K. regulation to onshore EU legislation on credit rating agencies in the event of a "no deal" scenario resulting from the EU-U.K. Brexit negotiations. If no deal...more
HM Treasury's draft Brexit Regulations for UK payment services and e-money activity aim to soften the practical impact of the EEA suddenly becoming, to all intents and purposes, a third country regulatory regime overnight. ...more