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
Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation on proposed rules and guidance for firms conducting regulated cryptoasset activities (CP26/4), together with a guidance consultation on the application of...more
Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....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
On 19 December 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a policy statement (PS25/24) finalising the rules and guidance for the Ancillary Activities Test (AAT) under the Ancillary Activities Exemption (AAE)....more
On 8 December 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper (CP25/36) proposing significant changes to the UK’s client categorisation rules in the FCA’s Conduct of Business sourcebook (COBS), as...more
On 16 December 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a comprehensive set of proposals to formally regulate the cryptoasset market. The FCA’s proposals, detailed in three consultation papers (CP25/40, CP25/41,...more
On 4 December 2025, the European Commission (EC) released a comprehensive package of measures aimed at removing barriers and enhancing the integration, efficiency, and competitiveness of European Union (EU) financial markets...more
Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more
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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) has taken a significant step toward regulatory clarity and harmonization in the cross-border swaps market. The CFTC’s Market Participants Division (MPD),...more
On 28 November 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a policy statement (PS25/17) finalising rules proposed in its July 2025 consultation paper (CP25/20). The reforms remove the Systematic Internaliser (SI)...more
On 21 November 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper (CP25/32) setting out proposed reforms to the UK transaction reporting regime (the Regime). The consultation aims to reduce regulatory...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
On 5 November 2025, HM Treasury (HMT) published a draft statutory instrument, the Over-the Counter-Derivatives (Intragroup Transactions) Regulations 2026 (draft SI), together with a policy note, and the UK Financial Conduct...more
Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more
From Enforcement to Empowerment: SEC Chairman Paul Atkins Charts a New Regulatory Approach for Digital Assets -
SEC Chairman Atkins promoted a forward-looking regulatory agenda, emphasizing three interlocking priorities: (1)...more
On 28 October 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper (CP25/29) proposing significant changes to the UK’s short selling regulatory framework. CP25/29 seeks to introduce a new Short Selling...more
FCA Sets Out T+1 Settlement Expectations for UK Asset Managers and Alternative Firms -
On 23 October 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a letter directed at firms within its Asset Management and...more
On 23 October 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a letter directed at firms within its Asset Management and Alternative Firms portfolio, setting out expectations for the UK’s transition from T+2 to T+1...more
On 9 October 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published policy statements PS25/13 and PS16/25 respectively, completing the transfer of the Markets in Financial Instruments...more
On 30 September 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published issue 84 of Market Watch (Issue 84), providing a one-year review of the UK European Market Infrastructure Regulation (UK EMIR) Refit implementation and its...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
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation (CP25/25) on the application of the FCA Handbook to regulated cryptoasset activities. If the proposals therein are implemented by the FCA, it would mark...more
Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more