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Crypto in the Crosshairs: What Regulatory Themes Characterized 2020?
Brexit & Financial Services: Preparing for the End of the Transition Period
Protecting Intellectual Property - Investment Management Roundtable Discussion
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Investment Management Roundtable Discussion – Regulatory and Enforcement Update
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Videocast: Form CRS delivery obligations
Podcast: Private Funds Update: The UK Stewardship Code 2020
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1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) EU - EBA: Updated methodology on the regulatory and supervisory equivalence of non-EU countries - Status: Final - The EBA has published its updated...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General (i) EU - EBA: Updated methodology on the regulatory and supervisory equivalence of non-EU countries - Status: Final - The EBA has published its updated...more
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
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published the final version of its guidelines for counterparty credit risk management, replacing its "Sound Practices for Banks' Interactions with Highly Leveraged Institutions"...more
In Discussion Paper DP 13/24, the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") has set out its near-final proposals to restate the relevant provisions in the assimilated Capital Requirements Regulation (the "CRR") in the PRA...more
The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a consultation on its proposals to restate, and in some cases modify, the U.K. Capital Requirements Regulation requirements relating to the definition of own funds in its...more
Acknowledging that high-quality, easily available investment research supports deep capital markets, listed companies, and economic growth, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently issued a consultation paper...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 Prudential regulation - (a) General - (i) EU - EBA: Roadmap on strengthening the Prudential framework - Status: Final - The EBA has published its roadmap on the Banking Package, which...more
UK regulators have recently announced a number of reforms for banks and other financial institutions. - On 23 November 2023, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) (together,...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 Prudential regulation - The ESRB has published a speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB and Chair of the ESRB, on its first general warning about financial stability risks that it published...more
The extent to which firms are captured by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority’s (PRA) proposals to implement a new regime for diversity and inclusion (D&I) in financial services...more
31 July - ESG: The European Commission adopted a Commission Delegated Regulation, setting out the first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (“ESRS”), together with a Q&A (see press release). The ESRS specify...more
MiFIR / MiFID II: The European Parliament published a press release announcing it has reached provisional political agreement with the Council of the EU on the proposed amendments to the Markets in Financial Instruments...more
New remuneration requirements under the UK investment firm prudential regime apply to Financial Conduct Authority–authorised investment firms’ performance periods beginning on or after 1 January 2022. This LawFlash provides...more
Brexit and the Temporary Transitional Power - On 31 January 2020, the UK ceased to be a member of the EU. Following a transition period, EU law ceased to be applicable in the UK with effect from 11 p.m. on 31 December...more
The FCA has been sending out requests to Investment Firms asking them to provide responses to the FCA's Investment Firms Prudential Regime (IFPR) Questionnaire, ahead of IFPR implementation on 1 January 2022. Responses are...more
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (“BCBS”) published a report jointly with the World Bank setting out the findings from a global survey on proportionality in banking regulation and supervision....more
The Financial Services Act 2021 (Commencement No 2) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/739) have been published. The Regulations set out commencement dates for a number of provisions in the Financial Services Act 2021 (FS Act)....more
Financial Services Act 2021 (Commencement No 1) Regulations 2021 The Financial Services Act 2021 (Commencement No 1) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/671) have been published. SI 2021/671 is a commencement regulation made under the...more
On 16 November 2020, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a statement in conjunction with HM Treasury, Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) providing an update on timelines for introducing the...more
On 3 April 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) (together the “Regulators”) issued statements regarding changes to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime for both dual...more
The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a Policy Statement following its consultation last year on changes to the Pillar 2 capital requirements for banks and large investment firms. The amendments will apply...more
What is it? The EU has finalised and issued a new framework for the prudential regulation of investment firms. It will set new classification for investment firms that will in turn determine which of the new capital...more
Following the announcement on March 19, 2018 that a transitional period for Brexit had been agreed between the U.K. and the EU, the U.K. regulators have published statements setting out their expectations regarding firms'...more