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Financial Crime: The FCA’s Strategy for 2025 – 2030

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In its strategy for the next five years, financial crime remains a priority for the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). While the FCA acknowledges the significant efforts firms invest in their anti-financial crime systems,...more

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New Regulatory Priorities Spring Into Focus, April 2025 - The UK Regulator Sets Out Its Supervisory Priorities for the Asset...

On February 26, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wrote to Chief Executives in the asset management and alternatives sector to set out their current supervision priorities (the Portfolio Letter)....more

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UK Consumer Duty rule review: FCA sets out ‘targeted steps’ to simplify requirements for firms

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Following feedback to its July 2024 Call for Input (CfI) on placing greater reliance on the Consumer Duty instead of specific rules and guidance, the FCA won’t be carrying out a wholesale Handbook review. It has instead...more

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The FCA’s five year strategy (2025-2030)

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The FCA has published a Strategy Paper, outlining its strategy for the next five years. The FCA says it will focus on four priorities: (i) being a smarter regulator; (ii) supporting sustained economic growth; (iii) helping...more

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Rebalancing risk and building trust: The FCA’s new five year strategy

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its strategy for the next five years and it has a very different tone and objective to the three-year strategy it shared in 2022. This shift in tone reflects developments...more

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FCA Publishes 5-Year Strategy and Outcome of Rule Review

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FCA outlines its priorities and areas in which it plans to reduce the regulatory burden for firms. On 25 March 2025, the FCA published its five-year strategy (Strategy), alongside the outcome of its review of retail conduct...more

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UK Treasury policy paper on new approach to ensure regulators and regulation support growth

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HM Treasury has published a policy paper setting out the next steps to its approach on regulation and regulators. The three overarching actions are: (i) tackling complexity and the burden of regulation; (ii) reducing...more

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UK FCA engagement paper on contactless payments limits

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published an engagement paper which seeks views on increasing or removing the current £100 contactless limit, giving payment service providers (PSPs), consumers and businesses...more

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Mortgages and the UK government’s pro-growth agenda: FCA outlines plans to refine and simplify regulatory regime

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Following the FCA’s January 2025 response to the government’s request for ideas to support its growth mission for the UK economy, the regulator has now written to the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, and released other...more

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Payments and the UK government’s pro-growth agenda: FCA seeks feedback on potential changes to contactless limits

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Following the FCA’s January 2025 response to the government’s request for ideas to support its growth mission for the UK economy, the FCA has now published an engagement paper seeking feedback on the different ways that it...more

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Stablecoins: Regulatory Issues for UK and EU Banks To Consider

As the market for stablecoins continues to evolve in sophistication and scale, financial institutions in the UK and EU are increasingly exploring whether and how to engage with them, whether for treasury, payments, settlement...more

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FCA statement on motor finance review next steps

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a statement informing firms, consumers and stakeholders of next steps in its review of the past use of motor finance discretionary commission arrangements. The Court...more

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FCA publishes review of liquidity risk management at wholesale trading firms

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published observations on good and poor liquidity risk management practices from its multi-firm review of wholesale trading (sell-side) firms in scope of the Investment Firms...more

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UK FCA highlights areas for improvement in private market valuation processes

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the findings of the multi-firm assessment of valuation practices and governance for valuing private equity, venture capital, private debt and infrastructure assets. The...more

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Good job, but keep going: UK FCA’s review of vulnerable customer treatment

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During 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) carried out a review of firms’ treatment of customers in vulnerable circumstances. After a lengthy and detailed review, the FCA published its findings on how firms support...more

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FCA speech on approach to NBFI leverage

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a speech by Sarah Pritchard, executive director of consumers, competition and international, on the FCA's approach to non-bank financial intermediation (NBFI) leverage....more

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FCA Findings on Private Market Valuations Stress Risk of Conflicts and Need for Independence

On 5 March 2025, the FCA published its findings from its multi-firm assessment of governance and valuation practices within the private market sector (Review) along with a press release. The Review focused on firms operating...more

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UK FCA portfolio letter on supervision priorities for asset management and alternatives portfolios

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a portfolio letter explaining its current supervision priorities for asset management and alternatives. Firms must discuss this letter with their Board, Executive...more

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Properly Valuing Private Equity, Venture, Real Estate, and Other Private Markets Assets: Some Pointers for UK and EU Managers

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In our recent alert “New Year, Similar Concerns: The FCA’s 2025 Priorities for UK Private Fund Managers,” we discussed the updated supervisory strategy and priorities which the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has for...more

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FCA Publishes Findings on Private Market Valuation Practices

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A review of fund and portfolio managers found a number of good practices, but also revealed the need for improvement in areas such as conflict management. On 5 March 2025, the FCA published the findings from its review...more

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FCA ‘Dear CEO’ Letter to the Asset Management and Alternatives Sector

In February 2025, Camille Blackburn, director at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), set out the FCA’s current supervisory priorities for the asset management and alternatives sector (Sector) in a “Dear CEO”...more

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UK Corporate Briefing - March 2025

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Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue we discuss: FTSE Women Leaders Review – February 2025 The latest report from...more

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FCA’s Approach to Non-Bank Leverage and Implications for Market Participants

On 25 February 2025, Sarah Pritchard, executive director of consumers, competition, and international at the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), delivered a speech at the Investment Association Roundtable where she outlined...more

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New Year, Similar Concerns: The FCA's 2025 Priorities for UK Private Fund Managers

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On 26 February 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a portfolio letter (Letter) explaining its supervision priorities for the asset management and alternatives portfolios....more

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FCA Updates on Growth and the Consumer Duty

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Speech focuses on the regulatory change agenda, and confirms that firms are no longer expected to have a Consumer Duty board champion. On 27 February 2025, the FCA published a speech given by Nikhil Rathi, in which he...more

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