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UK CBA Panel issues statement on FCA's consultation paper on regulating BNPL products

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The Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) Panel has issued a statement in response to the UK Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) consultation paper on proposed rules to regulate Deferred Payment Credit (DPC) products, commonly known as...more

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UK Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regime

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The principal regulations governing offers of securities to the public and admissions of securities to trading on regulated markets in the United Kingdom, including the requirements for a prospectus, are contained in the UK...more

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UK Equity Capital Markets: New UK public offers and admissions to trading regime in force in early 2026

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On 15 July 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its final rules for the new UK public offers and admissions to trading regime which will take effect on 19 January 2026, replacing the current EU-derived...more

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Non-financial Misconduct – FCA Issues New Policy Statement and Consults on Guidance

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OVERVIEW - On 2 July 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a significant policy statement and consultation paper (CP25/18) addressing non-financial misconduct (NFM) in the financial services sector. It...more

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FCA to launch new and improved Handbook website

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced its plan to launch a new and improved FCA Handbook website as part of its five-year strategy to enhance regulatory efficiency...more

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HMT updates BNPL policy for domestic premises suppliers

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HM Treasury has published a policy paper setting out an update to its final position to its 2024 consultation on regulating Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) products which led to the laying of the draft secondary legislation, The...more

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UK FCA Publishes PISCES Sourcebook, Completing the Regulatory Regime for This New Form of Private Market

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority recently issued the PISCES Sourcebook, finalizing the regulatory regime for this new type of private capital market. On 10 June 2025, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published...more

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PISCES: Sandbox

RECAP Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES) Regulations (SI 2025/583) are now in force. PISCES is not a stock market; it is a regulatory sandbox for those market participants who want to set up...more

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FCA consults on stablecoin issuance and custody of cryptoassets

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published consultation paper CP25/14 (CP) on stablecoin issuance and cryptoasset custody, accompanied by an updated webpage. This follows the FCA's discussion paper published in...more

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New FCA webpages on PISCES

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published two new webpages on the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange Systems (PISCES) sandbox, a new type of trading platform designed to enable intermittent...more

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UK Corporate Briefing - June 2025

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Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue we discuss...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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UK Government advances BNPL Regulation

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HM Treasury (HMT) has published a response to its 2024 consultation on regulating Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) products and laid the draft secondary legislation (Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities etc)...more

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Buy-Now Pay-Later regulation: Government confirms final position

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HM Treasury has confirmed its approach to the regulation of Buy-Now Pay-Later (BNPL) lending in its response to the October 2024 consultation. On 19 May 2025, Government also laid draft legislation before Parliament. Given...more

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UK Government Sets Out Next Steps on BNPL Regulation

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On 19 May 2025, HM Treasury published its consultation response on the regulation of certain buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) products, setting out its final position, and laid a draft statutory instrument before Parliament to effect...more

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FCA Handbook Notice 129

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Handbook Notice 129 which sets out changes to the classes of derivatives subject to the derivatives trading obligation (DTO), following policy statement PS25/2 published...more

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FCA policy statement on new regulatory return for consumer credit firms

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a final policy statement (PS25/3) on consumer credit regulatory returns, published together with an updated webpage. The FCA is introducing a new regulatory return for...more

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UK Cryptoassets: Draft Legislation and FCA Discussion Paper Published

On 29 April, UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the publication by HM Treasury of near-final legislation to bring cryptoassets within the scope of the UK’s regulatory perimeter. Shortly after, on 2 May, the UK Financial...more

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UK FOS new charging structure applied

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The UK Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has updated its webpage confirming that the new charging structure, which includes charges for professional representatives referring cases, now applies. The changes have been made in...more

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