The government will enact the new legislation to bring issuers of fiat-referencing stablecoins into the regulatory perimeter.
On 17 July 2024, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and the Hong Kong Monetary...more
7/29/2024
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Compliance ,
Consultation ,
Corporate Issuers ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Cross-Border ,
Cryptoassets ,
EU ,
Hong Kong ,
Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) ,
Licensing Rules ,
Sandbox ,
Stablecoins
Latest FCA consultation focuses on remuneration, risk management and governance, and liquidity requirements.
Key Points:
The consultation:
..Sets out the FCA’s proposals for the new remuneration rules for FCA...more
4/21/2021
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Corporate Governance ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Firms ,
Liquidity ,
MiFID ,
Prudential Standards ,
Remuneration ,
Risk Management ,
Senior Management Regime (SMR) ,
UCITS ,
UK
The draft RTS introduce new, potentially more onerous obligations on the administrators of all categories of benchmarks.
Key Points:
..The draft RTS contain new guidance that makes clear who is responsible for which...more
ESMA’s consultation papers on MiFID non-equities SI and equities transparency regimes propose important changes.
Key Points:
..ESMA’s recent consultation papers on the MiFID transparency regime raise queries and make...more
New regulatory requirements, including registration and customer disclosure requirements, apply to regulated and unregulated persons carrying on relevant cryptoasset business.
On 20 December 2019, the UK government published...more
1/13/2020
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Anti-Money Laundering ,
Banking Sector ,
Compliance ,
Consultation ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Cryptoassets ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
HM Treasury ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Investment Firms ,
Jurisdiction ,
MLD5 ,
Payment Systems ,
Popular ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations ,
UK ,
Working Groups
The FCA has published a Consultation Paper that sets out proposed rules for the SMCR for benchmark administrators.
Key Points:
..The SMCR for benchmark administrators (that perform no other regulated activities) will...more
European Commission review will inform potential future legislative change.
Key Points:
..The European Commission is seeking views on various aspects of the regime, and asking for feedback on areas in which improvements...more
The FCA seeks to clarify the position of the Head of Legal and the scope of the Client Dealing Function.
Key Points:
..The FCA is proposing to exclude the Head of Legal from the scope of the Senior Managers...more
The FCA has published a second consultation on the Brexit onshoring project. Like the first, and many other Brexit onshoring documents, it is both long and very technical. However, a number of important policy points are...more
11/29/2018
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EU ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Listing Rules ,
Onshoring ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Securities ,
Senior Management Regime (SMR) ,
UCITS ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
FCA teams up with other regulators to advance its idea of creating a global regulatory sandbox.
The FCA, along with several other financial services regulators, has launched a consultation on the operating framework for a...more