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Since its inception in 2016, the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) has served as a cornerstone of the UK’s financial services regulatory landscape, designed to enhance individual accountability and raise...more
On 15 July 2025, HM Treasury, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published consultation papers proposing possibly significant reforms to the Senior Managers and Certification...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) are considering ways to enhance individual accountability, particularly among Senior Managers, by more fully integrating the regulatory...more
The latest proposals for improving diversity and inclusion in the UK financial services sector, published by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority, include changes that will impact Senior Manager...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority's consultation on diversity and inclusion (D&I) in financial services proposes new rules and guidance on identifying and taking action in relation to non-financial misconduct such as...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a discussion paper on 30 March 2023 seeking opinions on the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR). Concurrently, the UK...more
Yesterday’s joint Discussion Paper (DP21/2) published by the Bank of England, Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA, together “the regulators”) on “Diversity and inclusion in the financial...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
Several high profile systems failures resulting in customers being unable to access their finances and an ever-increasing reliance on outsourcing key activities to group entities or third parties have unsurprisingly caught...more
The Situation: The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") is extending the Senior Managers and Certification Regime ("SMCR") to FCA solo-regulated firms on 9 December 2019 and has also released a number of statements in relation...more
On 4 July 2018, the FCA and the PRA released near final rules on the extension of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR)....more
The Hogan Lovells’ Corporate Insurance Newsletter for December has been published. This provides a round-up of UK, EU and international regulatory developments relevant to UK based insurance market participants. ...more
Firms should establish implementation teams, create project plans, design procedures, and take several other measures to prepare for the new rules. The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published three more...more