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Post Brexit, the U.K. Government and Financial Conduct Authority are committed to the ongoing reform programme to reinvigorate the U.K.'s capital markets. As part of this, the Government and FCA are committed to replacing...more
The latest guidance from the regulator focuses on the price and value outcome. On 18 September 2024, the FCA published further feedback on the Consumer Duty, setting out good and poor practices in relation to the price...more
With effect from 19 September 2024, the FCA will no longer require London listed closed-ended investment funds to comply with the PRIIPs cost disclosure regime. Statements by the Government and the FCA have introduced...more
The FCA is consulting on amendments to its Payment Services and Electronic Money Approach Document to provide guidance for payment service providers (PSPs) on how to apply the proposed outbound payments delay legislation...more
UK Financial Insights from Katten is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds in the UK and Europe....more
Post-pandemic most firms have settled into permanent hybrid working arrangements. Two years after the FCA published its statement reminding firms of its ability to visit “any location where work is performed […] including...more
On September 10, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that it charged an individual with, among other things, unlawfully operating a network of unregistered crypto-asset ATMs. Allegedly, the individual managed...more
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and investment labels regime ("SDR") was originally scheduled to come into force from 2 December 2024. In order to allow firms to deal with...more
This post is an update of a previous post. On 27 March 2024, government legislation (Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Order 2024 (SI 2024/301), the “March...more
In July 2024, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its “Quarterly Consultation Paper No. 44” (“Consultation”), which proposed introducing a requirement to provide criminal background checks on owners and...more
The global digital landscape continues to rapidly transform and bring forth innovative financial instruments and technologies, including within the shifting regulatory frameworks that have shaped the digital asset ecosystem...more
Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more
The Financial Conduct Authority has published a speech by Sarah Pritchard, FCA Executive Director, Markets and International, on taking a targeted and outcomes-based approach to tackling financial crime....more
This new report sets out four thematic findings from the follow-up work the FCA has carried out, which are as follows: The FCA summarizes its expectations of payment account providers, including in respect of the Consumer...more
The regulator is providing temporary flexibility in light of concerns that asset managers need extra time to prepare. On 9 September 2024, the FCA published a statement on its naming and marketing rules under the...more
The FCA has published a report setting out its findings from follow-up work on payment account access and closures, together with the results of independent research on the experiences some of the most financially excluded...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
In the UK, it has not historically been part of the fabric of our legal and regulatory system to pay whistleblowers who provide evidence to authorities who are investigating potential breaches of law or regulation....more
On 9 September 2024, the FCA confirmed that it is offering “limited temporary flexibility” until 2 April 2025 for firms to comply with the ‘naming and marketing’ rules under the UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements....more
As the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) consider feedback to their consultation on guidance regarding the UK change-in-controller regime (consultation paper 25/23), we provide a...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a consultation on proposals to change the requirements for submitting regulated information to the National Storage Mechanism. The NSM is a free-to-use online archive of...more
The Pensions Brief is a monthly update for trustees and employers of occupational pension schemes in the UK. It provides headline summaries of developments over the previous month and associated action points. It also...more
We set out below a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place and their impact on M&A transactions. Our Summer review looks at these developments and gives practical guidance...more
The FCA has published two new webpages on its work establishing consolidated tapes for equities and bonds. The final FCA framework for the bond CT was published in December 2023, along with a consultation on proposed payments...more
The Financial Conduct Authority has updated its webpage on the Overseas Funds Regime to confirm that it will open the gateway to new schemes on September 30, 2024. From that date, new schemes (schemes not in the Temporary...more