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UK Regulatory Update Asset Management Sector - Quarterly Newsletter Q2 - 2025

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FCA finalises rules for PISCES – new secondary private stock market – On 10 June 2025, the FCA issued its final rules for the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange ("PISCES"). PISCES is a new type of private...more

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FCA launches IAAT

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched the investment advice assessment tool (IAAT) to help personal investment firms assess the suitability of their investment advice and disclosures to consumers (excluding...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Regulation Round Up - May 2025

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Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more

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FCA Extends Investment Research Payment Optionality to Fund Managers

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Last month the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) set out its final rules related to the application of investment research payment optionality to fund managers. This move follows its consultation paper late last year which...more

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FCA Handbook Notice 130

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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

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Proposed Reform of UK Regime for Alternative Investment Fund Managers

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The Treasury (HMT) launched a consultation and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a call for input in April 2025 kick-starting a review of the UK’s regulatory regime for Alternative Investment Fund Managers...more

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FCA policy statement on investment research payment optionality for fund managers

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a final policy statement (PS25/4), together with an updated webpage and press release, on final rules extending the new payment optionality for investment research to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FCA Finalises Rules Providing Fund Managers a Joint Payment Option for Research and Execution Services

On 9 May 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued policy statement PS 25/4, setting out, and bringing into force, final rules on investment research payment options for fund managers. The new rules follow the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Key Takeaways from the FCA’s Multi-Firm Review of Smaller Asset Managers and Alternatives Firms

On 8 May 2025, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) released the findings from its multi-firm review aimed at smaller asset managers and alternatives firms. The review was conducted across three phases in...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Certainty and Uncertainty, May 2025 - Final UK Rules on Options for Fund Managers’ Payment for Investment Research

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") has published its final Policy Statement on Investment research payment optionality for fund managers (PS25/4) (see here for our note on PS25/4’s preceding Consultation Paper). The...more

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FCA findings from smaller asset managers and alternatives business model review

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published findings of its review of smaller asset managers and alternatives business models, together with a press release. The review formed part of the FCA's alternatives...more

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Further easing the US-UK Divide: Extending the Buy-Side Investment Research Rules to Fund Managers

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In our previous alert Paying for Buy-Side Investment Research: New Rules Ease the US-UK Divide | Insights & Resources | Goodwin we discussed the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) final rules in its policy paper PS24/9:...more

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HM Treasury and the FCA Consult on Proposed Changes to the UK Regulatory Regime for Alternative Investment Fund Managers

On 7 April 2025, the United Kingdom’s HM Treasury opened a consultation (the Consultation) on proposals to streamline the regulatory framework for alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs). Alongside the Consultation, the...more

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FCA Pauses SDR Extension to Portfolio Managers Due to Industry Concerns

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The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launched a consultation in April 2024 to explore whether the existing Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) framework – introduced for asset managers in November 2023 – should...more

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Setting up shop: A new manager's guide to establishing an investment management firm in Jersey

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Looking to establish an investment management firm in the Channel Islands? This guide, the second in our series, sets out the key steps and considerations for setting up your business in Jersey - a world-class financial...more

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Europe: UK’s FCA Intensifies Scrutiny on Private Markets Valuations

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The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has published the findings of its multi-firm review of valuation processes for private market assets. This review follows the highlighting of vulnerabilities in private markets stemming,...more

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The United Kingdom’s Treasury and FCA Launch Consultations on Streamlined Regulatory Framework for Fund Managers

The Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority are seeking industry views on proposals to change the regulatory framework for fund managers in the United Kingdom. On 7 April 2025, the Treasury issued a Consultation Paper...more

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New Regulatory Priorities Spring Into Focus, April 2025 - The UK Regulator Sets Out Its Supervisory Priorities for the Asset...

On February 26, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wrote to Chief Executives in the asset management and alternatives sector to set out their current supervision priorities (the Portfolio Letter)....more

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FCA Findings on Private Market Valuations Stress Risk of Conflicts and Need for Independence

On 5 March 2025, the FCA published its findings from its multi-firm assessment of governance and valuation practices within the private market sector (Review) along with a press release. The Review focused on firms operating...more

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UK Unauthorised Co-ownership Alternative Investment Funds (Reserved Investor Fund) Regulations 2025 published

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The Unauthorised Co-ownership Alternative Investment Funds (Reserved Investor Fund) Regulations 2025 have been published, along with an explanatory memorandum. The regulations support the Government's introduction of the...more

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FCA’s Approach to Non-Bank Leverage and Implications for Market Participants

On 25 February 2025, Sarah Pritchard, executive director of consumers, competition, and international at the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), delivered a speech at the Investment Association Roundtable where she outlined...more

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Draft UK Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (Retail Disclosure) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 Published

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The draft Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (Retail Disclosure) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 have been published, together with an explanatory memorandum. The Regulations make transitional amendments to...more

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Private Markets Update | Summer 2024

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The Private Markets Update highlights key developments emerging from private markets across Europe, the UK and the United States, exploring the cross-border issues that matter to investors and sponsors in alternative assets. ...more

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UK Prudential Regulation Authority Consults on Restatement of UK Capital Requirements Regulation Rulebook Requirements

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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

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UK allows bundled payments for third-party research and trading commissions

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From 1 August 2024, the UK changed its rules on how payments are made for investment research. UK firms may now use bundled payments for third-party research and trading commissions, subject to certain requirements being...more

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