These topics are attracting particular attention because they are either at a key stage in the regulatory change or implementation cycle, or because uncertainty and inconsistency in their recent implementation means that they are drawing industry and supervisory focus and require industry harmonisation. Our January publication also included emerging trends that are attracting a great deal of political and regulatory supervisory attention.

This update reflects on the topics we identified in January, mapping developments from the first half of 2019 and looking ahead to the remainder of the year. While Brexit still dominates the agenda, we discuss numerous other noteworthy developments as the EU legislators continue their legislative agenda and the UK regulators begin to outline their vision for the future of regulation in the UK.