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 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
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
8/10/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Capital Requirements ,
Cryptoassets ,
EMIR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FSMA ,
Investment Firms ,
Libor ,
Liquidity ,
Marketing ,
MiFID II ,
Money Market Funds ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Risk Management ,
UK
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
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
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation.
Key developments in April 2023:
28 April FCA Handbook: The Financial Conduct...more
5/22/2023
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Asset Management ,
Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
CRD IV Directive ,
Cryptoassets ,
CSDR ,
Digital Assets ,
EMIR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Central Bank ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
FinTech ,
Illiquid Assets ,
Libor ,
UK
Key developments in April 2022:
29 April -
The Financial Stability Board (“FSB”) published for consultation an interim report that recommends measures to assist supervisory and regulatory authorities in developing...more
5/6/2022
/ Asset Management ,
CRD IV Directive ,
EU ,
European Central Bank ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FSB ,
Investment Funds ,
Libor ,
Private Funds ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
UK
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation.
28 February -
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published Handbook Notice...more
3/4/2022
/ EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FSB ,
G20 ,
Investment Funds ,
Libor ,
Money Market Funds ,
Payment Services Directive ,
Regulation Technical Standards (RTS) ,
UK
29 September -
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its perimeter report 2019/20, which provides an update on the issues raised in its 2018/19 report.
A European Commission notice (2020/C 321/01) relating...more
10/7/2020
/ Banking Sector ,
Consultation Papers ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
FATF ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Libor ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) ,
UK
30 July -
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) updated its webpage on the High Court business interruption insurance test case.
The Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) published a consultation paper (CP11/20)...more
8/7/2020
/ Annual Reports ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Bank of England ,
Consultation Papers ,
EIOPA ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Central Bank ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
HM Treasury ,
HMRC ,
Libor ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Policy Statement ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)
3 February -
The European Banking Authority (“EBA”) published a report on the benchmarking of diversity practices in credit institutions and investment firms under the CRD IV Directive (2013/36/EC)....more
3/9/2020
/ Banking Sector ,
Consultation Papers ,
Corporate Governance ,
CRD IV Directive ,
Dear CEO Letter ,
EIOPA ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Central Bank ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Libor ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
Policy Statement ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)
1 February -
The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published a press release announcing that it has agreed with the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") and other European Union securities regulators...more
3/5/2019
/ Data Protection ,
EIOPA ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
EuSEF ,
EuVECA ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Libor ,
MiFID II ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
1 March -
The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published general insurance value measures data in relation to 36 insurers (including both UK and EEA firms) for the year ending 31 August 2017. The data is aimed at...more
4/5/2018
/ Capital Markets ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Insurance Industry ,
ISDA ,
Libor ,
Mergers ,
MiFID II ,
Payment Services Directive ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)