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PEP talk revisited: revised UK guidance on treatment of PEPs

A&O Shearman on 8/14/2025

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued finalised guidance on the treatment of politically exposed persons (PEPs) for anti-money laundering purposes. There is no significant shift in the FCA’s expectations of...more

BNPL: Buy Now, Regulate in 2026 - FCA publishes proposals

Hogan Lovells on 7/21/2025

Key takeaways The FCA has published details of the ‘proportionate’, ‘flexible’ and outcomes-focused conduct regime it is proposing for newly regulated BNPL agreements. These include a pragmatic approach to documentation and a...more

UK Financial Insights from Katten | Issue 23

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 7/1/2025

UK Financial Insights from Katten is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds in the UK and Europe....more

UK consumer credit reform and buy-now pay-later regulation – May 2025 developments

Hogan Lovells on 5/20/2025

On 19 May 2025, HM Treasury released a suite of publications as part of its ongoing efforts to modernise the UK’s consumer credit framework. These include the Consumer Credit Act Reform – Phase 1: May 2025 Consultation, the...more

ESG Focus: UK/EU/International ESG Regulation Monthly Round-Up – April 2025

Hogan Lovells on 5/5/2025

This month, we bring you a number of updates on the EU omnibus simplification package, including the ‘Stop-the-Clock’ directive entering into force delaying the application of CSRD and CSDDD and a formal complaint against the...more

Consumer Duty: UK FCA raises the bar for international payment pricing transparency

Hogan Lovells on 5/2/2025

The FCA has published the findings from its review of firms’ approach to pricing transparency when offering UK customers international money remittance and cross border payments. It highlights proactive and clear disclosure...more

UK regulators give update on timing of ESG regulatory initiatives

Hogan Lovells on 4/17/2025

A new edition of the Regulatory Initiatives Grid, which sets out details of current and planned regulatory initiatives for all the regulators affecting the financial services sector, has been published. It includes details of...more

UK FCA highlights areas for improvement in private market valuation processes

A&O Shearman on 3/13/2025

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the findings of the multi-firm assessment of valuation practices and governance for valuing private equity, venture capital, private debt and infrastructure assets. The...more

AI and Machine Learning in Financial Crime Compliance

BCLP on 1/31/2025

As financial crime risks evolve, including those risks posed by the use of AI and other emerging technologies, so too must firms’ financial crime compliance response. It is unsurprising, therefore, that AI forms part of both...more

International Organization of Securities Commissions Publishes Consultation Report on Pre-Hedging

A&O Shearman on 12/2/2024

The International Organization of Securities Commissions has published a consultation report on pre-hedging. The report assesses potential conduct and market integrity issues associated with the practice of pre-hedging. IOSCO...more

Understanding Consumer Law when Conducting Influencer Marketing Campaigns in the EU and UK

BCLP on 10/7/2024

Long gone are the days where brands could rely simply on purchasing advertising space in newspapers or investing in eye-catching brochures to display their products. Now, the world is their oyster with the advance of the...more

The UK ICO Publishes Its Strategy on AI Governance

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/13/2024

Rather than specifically regulating artificial intelligence (AI), the UK government has opted to rely on the existing web of laws and regulations applying to technology across a spectrum of sectors in its jurisdiction. But...more

UK Regulators Publish Approaches to AI Regulation in Financial Services

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/3/2024

On 22 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Bank of England published their strategic approaches to regulating AI in response to the UK government’s July 2022 AI...more

European Digital Compliance: Key Digital Regulation & Compliance Developments - May 2024

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/2/2024

To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more

ESG Disclosures: Guiding Principles and Best Practices for Investment Managers

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/30/2020

Whether preparing or reviewing Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosures for compliance with regulatory requirements in the EU, the United Kingdom (UK) or the United States (US), or for alignment with ESG best...more

UK FCA becomes AML/CFT crypto supervisor

Hogan Lovells on 1/21/2020

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has become the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) supervisor for some types of cryptoasset businesses. These will need to meet certain...more

Update on the Status of Initial Coin Offerings in Europe

White & Case LLP on 2/1/2019

With crypto-currencies on the rise and technological developments providing great opportunities in the financial services sector, Initial Coin Offerings ("ICO") provide an innovative way of raising capital. They are...more

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