On 30 July 2024, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a number of updates in relation to its work on complaints against motor finance firms.
In particular, the FCA published an update...more
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
From 31 January 2024 the exemptions available from the restriction on communicating financial promotions appliable to high net worth (“HNW”) individuals and self-certified investors are changing.
The updates are...more
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
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
9/7/2023
/ AML/CFT ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Commission Delegated Regulation ,
Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructure (CPMI) ,
Cryptoassets ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Central Bank ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FSMA ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Firms ,
IOSCO ,
Money Market Funds ,
New Regulations ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulation Technical Standards (RTS) ,
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