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Regulation Round Up - May 2024

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Key developments in May 2024: ESG: The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) updated its webpage on the sustainability disclosure requirements (“SDR”) and investments labelling regime. Among other things, the webpage has been...more

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FCA Sets Out New Proposals to Restrict High-Risk Financial Promotions

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On 19 January, 2022, the FCA published its consultation on strengthening its financial promotion rules for high-risk investments, including cryptoassets (CP22/2). The consultation proposes some fairly onerous requirements and...more

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FCA bans sale of cryptoasset investment products to retail customers

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Since July 2019, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has been consulting on proposals to bring the promotion of certain types of cryptoassets within the scope of financial promotions regulation. One of the more...more

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The FCA Reclassifies Cryptoassets, But Is It Moving Away From Its Technology Neutral Approach?

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released final guidance on cryptoassets in a policy statement that includes feedback from their January consultation paper. It is important to note that the policy statement is of a...more

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UK Conduct Regulator Proposes Banning the Sale to Retail Clients of Derivatives Referencing Crypto-Assets

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has launched a consultation proposing to restrict the sale, marketing and distribution of derivatives and exchange-traded notes that reference certain types of unregulated, transferable...more

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FCA cites price volatility and ‘FOMO’ in proposal to ban the sale of crypto-derivatives to retail clients

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On 3 July 2019, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority published a consultation paper in which it proposed to prohibit the sale to all retail clients of derivatives and Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) that reference certain types...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - November 2018

During the prior two weeks, three financial authorities in the United Kingdom as well as the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission issued reports assessing distributed ledger technology and risks associated with the...more

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