Podcast: ESMA Report: Undue Pressure on Companies
Many governments are grappling with the question of how to regulate artificial intelligence to ensure it is adopted safely and used responsibly without hampering innovation. Governments have generally indicated similar...more
Long IT sub-contracting chains can make it hard for financial institutions to understand the vulnerabilities in their IT estate and the location of key functions (where these may be located in entities who do not have a...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: the European Parliament’s ECON Committee adopting draft reports on the European Commission’s PSR and PSD3 legislative proposals; ESMA consulting on 'reverse...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. ...more
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
SMCR for FMIs: HM Treasury consultation HM Treasury has published a consultation paper proposing a Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR or SM&CR) for financial market infrastructures (FMIs). The consultation closes...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC Issues Amendments, Seeks Public Comment on Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act - On March 24, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted interim final amendments to implement...more
Resolvability Assessment Framework: BoE Dear CEO letter The Bank of England (BoE) has published a letter sent by Dave Ramsden, BoE Deputy Governor for Markets and Banking, to the CEOs of the eight UK banks in the scope of the...more
30 November - The Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) published a statement about its forthcoming policy statement on implementing the CRD V Directive ((EU) 2019/878). HM Treasury updated its webpage on a call for...more
FMI supervision: BoE policy statement on fees regime for 2020/21 - The Bank of England (BoE) has published a policy statement on the fees regime for the supervision of financial market infrastructure (FMI) that will apply...more
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
Recent regulatory developments of interest to financial institutions and markets. Includes the extension of the senior managers regime to benchmark administrators, updates relating to MiFID II, EMIR, ESMA's draft guidelines...more
Partners Julia Smithers Excell and Stuart Willey, and associate Laura Kitchen of global law firm White & Case take a deep dive on the latest publications from EU and UK regulators aimed at providing supervisory clarity on the...more
The Bank of England has published the "Dear CEO" letter that it has sent to the Chief Executive Officers of EU CCPs, central securities depositaries and payment systems that are currently designated under the EU Settlement...more
BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Publishes Information Notice Regarding Enhancements to the Disclosure Review Process Relating to Public Financial Records - On May 18, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) published...more
In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset managers and...more
In This Issue: SEC Proposed Rule on Money Market Reforms; FDIC Final Rule on Orderly Liquidity Authority; FDIC Credit Risk Assessment Report; CFTC No-Action Relief; CFPB Exam Procedures for New Mortgage Rules; Rating Agency...more
In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - CFTC No-Action Relief for Securitizations from Commodity Pool Operator Registration - CFTC No-Action Relief for Mortgage REIT Operators from Commodity Pool...more