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New UK Financial Conduct Authority webpages on consumer redress liabilities

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published two new webpages relating to consumer redress liabilities. The first webpage provides an update for firms on what they should and should not do to tackle polluting behavior...more

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UK Insurance Horizon Scanner - January 2025

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DATE DETAILS 1 January Critical third parties: Final rules and policy on critical third parties set out in the joint policy statement of the PRA and FCA (PS16/24 and PS24/16) came into effect. Certain requirements are subject...more

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UK Financial Markets Standards Board updated final statement of good practice for front office supervision of wholesale traded...

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The Financial Markets Standards Board has published its updated final statement of good practice for front office supervision of wholesale traded markets. The statement of good practice sets out 15 good practice statements,...more

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The FCA's Part 2 of Its "Name and Shame" Proposals: What You Need to Know

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On 27 February 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its Consultation Paper CP24/2, which revealed the FCA’s new intended approach to publicised enforcement action. This was quickly dubbed the “name and shame”...more

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The UK’s Banking Regulator Looks to Increase Its Receipt of Operational Incident Information

The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) has issued a consultation paper on proposals for rules and expectations for regulated firms to report operational incidents and material third-party arrangements (the “CP”) in...more

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Operational Incident Reporting: UK Financial Regulators Propose New Rules

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Bank of England are consulting on proposals to require firms to report operational incidents and material third party arrangements. In the face...more

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Regulatory monitoring - December 2024

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1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) International - FSB: Plenary December 2024 - Status: Final - The FSB has set out the outcomes of its Plenary that met on 3 and 4 December. Points of...more

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Financial resilience – consumer finance firms: UK FCA finds risk governance / management shortcomings

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In the second half of 2023 and the first half of 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) carried out a review of a sample of consumer credit firms and non-bank mortgage lenders to assess their approach to financial...more

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Payment matters - October 2024

Upcoming global developments for the payment sector - Asia - 1. Hong Kong: Launch of Phase 2 of the e-Hong Kong Dollar Pilot Programme - On September 23, 2024, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced the...more

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UK Technology Working Group and Investment Association report on Artificial Intelligence's Current and Future Uses in Investment...

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The U.K. Technology Working Group, supported by the Investment Association, published a report on the current and future usage of artificial intelligence in investment management. The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority and HM...more

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Zooming In on AI - #6: AI under financial regulations in the U.S., EU and U.K.

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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

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Expectations for Principals of Overseas Appointed Representatives

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The Financial Conduct Authority has published guidance on the challenges and expectations for principal firms with overseas appointed representatives. The AR regime allows authorized firms to appoint representatives to...more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - July 2024

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Institutional Firms Enter Crypto Market; Crypto Firms Partner on New Products - According to recent reports, a major global bank is establishing a spot trading desk for buying and selling bitcoin and ether. The new desk,...more

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The Year Ahead: The Financial Conduct Authority's Ambitious Enforcement Plans for 2024/2025

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In 2022, for the first time, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a three-year strategy setting out three key themes for promoting positive change, namely: (1) reducing and preventing serious financial harm and...more

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Bank of England Highlights Concerns With Private Equity Financing

The Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) recently delivered a series of speeches1 raising their concerns about the evolution of private equity financing and the...more

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Regulatory monitoring Newsletter - February 2024

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1. Bank regulation - 1.1 Prudential regulation - (a) General - (i) EU - ECB: Memorandum of Cooperation between ECB and CAs on third-country bank supervision - Status: Final - The ECB has published a Memorandum of...more

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UK Corporate Briefing - March 2024

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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...more

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AI Recipe for Success - What Does Responsible Adoption of AI Really Mean in the Context of the Consumer Duty?

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The FCA have stated that firms should “have scope to innovate whilst protecting consumers” – but what does this mean in the context of rapidly developing AI technology? In particular, how does the higher standard imposed by...more

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New UK Corporate Governance Code: carefully choreographed

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Today saw the publication by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) of its revised corporate governance code (the Code). Whilst the updated Code contains a limited set of targeted changes, as opposed to a broader wholesale...more

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D&I in FS: how to get a head-start on the FCA and PRA proposals

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This is the last post in our series on the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) proposals to introduce a new regulatory framework on diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the financial...more

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Governance and D&I: what the UK regulators expect from financial services firms

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The UK financial services regulators’ latest proposals for improving diversity and inclusion (D&I) have implications for the governance and oversight arrangements of in-scope firms. Building on existing requirements, the...more

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D&I in FS: practical considerations for designing and implementing an inclusive culture

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Developing and maintaining an inclusive environment is crucial for realising the benefits of having a diverse organisation. With this in mind, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and UK Prudential Regulation Authority...more

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A new regulatory framework for D&I in financial services: overarching themes and trends

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The UK financial regulators’ proposals for creating a new regulatory framework for diversity and inclusion (D&I) in financial services are wide-ranging and detailed but have at their heart a few consistent themes. ...more

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AI in UK Financial Services - What’s on the Horizon?

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As regulatory thinking evolves, firms must ensure that any current or planned use of AI complies with regulatory expectations. As financial services firms digest FS2/23, the joint Feedback Statement on Artificial...more

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Further Light on Generative AI and UK Financial Services Regulation

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In our previous alert, we noted the speech made by Nikhil Rathi, CEO of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which built on the points made in a joint paper published by the Bank of England (BoE) and FCA on artificial...more

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