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8/7/2024
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Cryptoassets ,
ELTIF ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
International Competition Network ,
Listing Rules ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
SFDR ,
Sustainability ,
UK
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4/10/2024
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Cryptoassets ,
Economic Sanctions ,
ELTIF ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Investment Funds ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Transparency ,
UCITS ,
UK
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
3/5/2024
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Commission Delegated Regulation ,
Cryptoassets ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
EU Benchmark Regulation ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Reporting Council (FRC) ,
FSMA ,
Libor ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Money Market Funds ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Reporting Requirements ,
UK
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
1/4/2024
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Bonds ,
Cryptoassets ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Derivatives ,
ELTIF ,
EMIR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Policy Committee ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FSMA ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Popular ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
SFDR ,
Taxonomy ,
UK
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...more
12/5/2023
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Cryptoassets ,
EMIR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Greenwashing ,
Infrastructure ,
Investment Firms ,
MiFID ,
MiFID II ,
Over The Counter Derivatives (OTC) ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Short Selling ,
Tokenization ,
UCITS ,
UK
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
10/12/2023
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
AML/CFT ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Cryptoassets ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Promotions ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
FSMA ,
IMF ,
Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) ,
Libor ,
Mergers ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
SFDR ,
UCITS ,
UK
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6/6/2023
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
AML/CFT ,
Cryptoassets ,
ELTIF ,
ESRB ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Libor ,
MiFID II ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Risk Management ,
SFDR ,
UCITS
31 January -
The European Supervisory Authorities (“ESAs”) published a joint consultation paper (JC 2022 76) on the system established by the ESAs for the exchange of information relevant to the assessment of the fitness...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
9/7/2022
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Cryptoassets ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
EU ,
European Central Bank ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
New Regulations ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
UK
Key developments in June 2022:
30 June -
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a consultation paper (CP22/11) on winding down synthetic sterling LIBOR and USD LIBOR.
The Bank of England (“BoE”)...more
7/6/2022
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Blockchain ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Taxonomy
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation.
Key developments in May 2022:
31 May -
Key developments in May 2022: The European...more
6/13/2022
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Bank of England ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
SFDR ,
UCITS ,
UK
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. ...more
1/6/2022
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
AML/CFT ,
Central Counterparties ,
CSDR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
MiFID ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
SMCR ,
UK
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
7/7/2021
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Capital Markets ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Fund Managers ,
HM Treasury ,
MiFID II ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
UK
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31 December -
The Brexit Transitional Period (pursuant to which the UK stayed in the Single Market and European Customs Union came to an end. The FCA updated its Brexit webpages to remind firms of the potential impact...more
1/11/2021
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
CRD V ,
ESRB ,
ETFs ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Action Task Force ,
Financial Stability Board ,
MiFID II ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
29 October -
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) updated its webpage on its responsibilities to mutual societies and its webpage on mutual societies’ annual returns and accounts.
The FCA published a press release...more
11/4/2020
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Consultation Papers ,
Dear CEO Letter ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Financial Stability Board ,
FinCEN ,
HM Treasury ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)
1 May -
The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published a call for input on its evaluation of the Retail Distribution Review and Financial Advice Markets Review.
The Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") published...more
6/3/2019
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
CRR II ,
EIOPA ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
IOSCO ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Solvency II ,
UK
2 January -
The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published a press release explaining that claims management companies can now register for the temporary permission they will need to continue operating when the FCA...more
1 October -
The Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") published a paper that was prepared jointly with the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") setting out the lessons that have been learned from the programme of work...more
11/2/2018
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Key Information Document (KIDs) ,
MiFID II ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
1 August -
The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published a statement on selling high-risk speculative investment products to retail clients, following the publication of the European Securities and Markets Authority's...more
9/5/2018
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Amended Regulation ,
Consumer Financial Contracts ,
Consumer Lenders ,
EMIR ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
High Risk Financial Products ,
Legal Entity Identifiers ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)