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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
On 29 April, the UK government published draft legislation which will bring currently unregulated cryptoassets, including stablecoins, within the scope of financial services regulation. This is the first of a number of...more
The first four months of 2025 proved busy for the UK’s financial regulators, with both the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) publishing their strategy and business plan documents. As...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. Key developments in December 2023: 21 December - UK / Swiss Regulatory...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
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
The U.K. Government announced on 9 December 2022 a series of initiatives, billed as the Edinburgh Reforms, to reform the laws for the U.K. financial services sector. In this note, we consider these reforms in detail and what...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
On March 11, 2022, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Bank of England, and the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) released a joint statement reiterating that all UK financial services firms,...more
SMCR: PRA PS11/21 and FCA Handbook Notice 88 on temporary, long-term absences - The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a policy statement, PS11/21, which confirms its final policy relating to temporary,...more
FCA and PRA on passporting in and out of Gibraltar after the transition period - On 31 December, the FCA published a new webpage on Gibraltar passporting arrangements, with the PRA publishing its respective webpage on 4...more
COVID-19: FCA guidance consultation on cancellations and refunds - On 31 July 2020, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a guidance consultation on cancellation (for example, of holidays and events) and...more
The U.K. Financial Policy Committee has issued a summary of the resilience of the U.K. financial system to potential economic shocks and the vulnerabilities it faces. The summary follows the FPC’s meeting on October 2, 2019,...more
Call for evidence on regulatory cooperation marks the first phase of the planned review. The Chancellor announced in the Spring Statement that HM Treasury would undertake the Financial Services Future Regulatory Framework...more