Background On 20 February 2023, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a discussion paper (DP23/2) on updating and improving the UK regime for asset management (the “Discussion Paper”). As part...more
The discussion paper aims to encourage industry-wide dialogue on sustainability related-governance, incentives, and competence. On 10 February 2023, the FCA published DP23/1: Finance for positive sustainable change:...more
The FCA have published the next stage of the Primary Markets Effectiveness Review. They propose that companies who wish to list in the UK would no longer have to choose between two different segments (premium and standard)...more
The SFDR and the Taxonomy Regulation: Key Developments and What Firms Can Expect in the Coming Year - Almost a year on from the date on which the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) came into...more
On 3 November 2021 the FCA published a discussion paper (DP) seeking views on how best to introduce Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) for certain asset managers and FCA-regulated asset owners, as well as a...more
Yesterday’s joint Discussion Paper (DP21/2) published by the Bank of England, Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA, together “the regulators”) on “Diversity and inclusion in the financial...more
Discussion Paper opens debate on potential new rules to improve diversity in financial services. On 7 July 2021, the FCA, the PRA, and the Bank of England published a joint Discussion Paper on diversity and inclusion in...more
UK government publishes Brexit white papers - The UK government has published two white papers, one on the future relationship between the UK and the EU and the other on legislating for the withdrawal agreement between the...more
Following on from the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA’s) consumer warning on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) in September, the FCA has announced a deeper examination of this area in its Feedback Statement on Distributed...more
The Financial Conduct Authority has published a discussion paper on distributed ledger technology (DLT). The FCA is seeking to start a dialogue on the potential for future development of DLT in the markets it regulates. The...more
UK regulator calls for submissions on potential uses, risks and benefits of distributed ledger technology in the financial services sector. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a Discussion Paper (DP17/3) on...more
The Senior Managers and Certification Regime (the “Regime”) came into force on 7 March 2016, with the stated aim of enhancing and embedding a culture of individual responsibility and accountability within the UK’s banking...more