The Standard Formula Podcast | Developments on the Horizon for the UK Change-in-Control Regulatory Regime
Brexit & Financial Services: Preparing for the End of the Transition Period
As financial crime compliance pressures grow, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) continues to emphasise the significance of its Financial Crime Guide (FCG) as part of the overarching regulatory framework for financial...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its business plan for 2024/25. Reducing and preventing financial crime, championing consumer needs and strengthening the UK’s position in global wholesale markets all...more
There were some key publications this week in relation to financial crime, including a Commission request for the EBA to advise on standards and guidelines under the future AML/CFT framework in Europe and, in the UK, an HMT...more
Amongst the broad range of updates this week, at international level, the FSB published its thematic peer review on MMF Reforms and the BCBS published the outcomes of its meeting held on 28 and 29 February, including that it...more
Of particular note this week in the EU, the Council adopted the legislative package to strengthen market data transparency which includes changes to the EU’s trading rules on market data, payment for order flow and commodity...more
The House of Commons Treasury Committee has published a report on the Future of Financial Services Regulation setting out its view on the priorities for regulatory change in the U.K. now that the U.K. has left the EU. The...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published the findings of its multi-firm review into financial crime controls at challenger banks. The FCA undertook the review in 2021 in response to the 2020 National Risk Assessment...more
After a bumper end to 2021, the new year has started relatively quietly. This week saw the PRA publish Dear CEO letters to UK deposit takers and international banks setting out its 2022 priorities and the PSR published its...more
This week, among other highlights, Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures, BIS Innovation Hub, International Monetary Fund and the World Bank issued a joint report for the G20 on the use of Central Bank Digital...more
This week’s update includes, among other key items, the FSB’s report on its evaluation of the effects of too-big-to-fail reforms for systemically important banks. This report, alongside the FSB’s report on Covid-19 support...more
HoL EU Services Sub-Committee report on trade in services On 24 March, the HoL European Union Committee published a new report on UK-EU trade in services. The report concludes that despite the agreement of the Trade and...more
Brexit - Please see the Other Developments section for the MoU agreed between the ECB, FCA and BoE on post-Brexit supervisory cooperation, effective from 1 January. ...more
Brexit - FCA provides information on the Temporary Permissions Regime (TPR) On 3 March, the FCA published new webpages providing information on the TPR. Firstly, the FCA published a webpage on how it will supervise firms...more
Brexit - Please see our Brexit financial services webpage, which contains, amongst other things, tables detailing Brexit statutory instruments, equivalence decisions, EEA transitional regimes and UK regulators’...more
The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 - The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/991) have been published, together with an...more
SMCR extension: SI extending implementation date made - The Bank of England and Financial Services Act 2016 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/929) have been made....more
PUBLICATIONS - APAC Financial Regulatory Focus: Expected Developments in the Year of the Rat - As we move into the year of the rat, our team across Asia Pacific consider some of the key areas of financial regulatory...more
SEMINARS - You ain’t seen nothin’ yet: countdown to Brexit (27 February) Continuing our series of talks on the implications of Brexit for financial services providers, focusing in particular on EU banks, we will discuss...more
BREXIT - Please see our section on Other Developments for the FCA’s regulation round-up for January which updates on the FCA’s Brexit implementation activities. EC publish slides on the future relationship between the...more
BREXIT - Please see the Markets and Markets Infrastructure section for the publication of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2211 on CCP regulatory framework equivalence in the OJ and ESMA’s related amended...more
CAPITAL MARKETS - Please see Conduct for an update on the IOSCO report on conflicts of interests and risks during the debt capital raising process - FCA publish Primary Market Bulletin - On 17 December 2019, the FCA...more
BREXIT - Please see the Consumer/Retail section for an update on the FCA’s Quarterly Consultation Paper, which discusses Brexit-related changes to the Handbook & new EU binding technical standards (BTS) following the...more
CONDUCT - GXFC announce priorities for updating the FX Global Code - On 4 December, the Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) announced its areas of focus for updating the FX Global Code. The GFXC discussed the feedback...more
BREXIT - EC outlines plans for sustainable finance and proposes extension to the temporary equivalence regime for UK CCPs post-Brexit - On 15 November, the EC published a speech by Mr Dombrovskis, European Commissioner...more