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On 10 April 2024, the FCA published its consultation paper (CP24/7) on payment optionality for investment research. This followed the Investment Research Review’s report from summer 2023, which recommended that the FCA should...more
Proposed changes seek to reflect the integration of sustainability considerations into MiFID II. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is consulting on updates to its Guidelines on the MiFID II suitability...more
ESMA warns against investor protection risks and provides guidance on expected disclosures. On 15 July 2021, ESMA published a statement on the prospectus disclosure and investor protection issues raised by special...more
Proposals signal that the UK government is willing to diverge significantly from EU rules. On 1 July 2021, HM Treasury published a consultation on its Wholesale Markets Review....more
On 28 April 2021 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper (CP 21/9) on proposed changes to its investment research rules and best execution reporting requirements. We discuss these proposed...more
ESMA’s consultation papers on MiFID non-equities SI and equities transparency regimes propose important changes. Key Points: ..ESMA’s recent consultation papers on the MiFID transparency regime raise queries and make...more
On 23 July 2019, the FCA published a Dear CEO letter on its wealth management and stockbroking supervision strategy, which began in April 2019. The strategy includes work to identify, diagnose, and remedy the harm that wealth...more
On 23 January 2019, the FCA published a Consultation Paper (CP19/4) concerning further amendments to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR). For private banks which are already subject to the SMCR, the...more
In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal U.S., European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more
CFTC - CFTC Approves Proposed Regulations for CPOs and CTAs - On October 9, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved proposed rules intended to simplify regulations for commodity pool operators (CPOs) and...more
The EBA’s draft guidelines on outsourcing will impact cloud outsourcing and institutions’ deployment of FinTech. On 4 September 2018, a wide audience of interested individuals gathered at Canary Wharf for a public hearing...more
BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Encourages Firms To Disclose Activities Related to Digital Assets - On July 6, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority published Regulatory Notice 18-20, which encourages member firms to...more
The European Commission has published for consultation a draft Delegated Regulation on registration conditions to promote the use of SME Growth Markets for the purposes of the revised Markets in Financial Instruments...more
The European Commission has published a consultation paper in which it seeks views on the main challenges for SME-dedicated markets and possible changes to EU legislation that might help build the EU high-growth SME markets....more
CFTC - CFTC Approves Exemption From SEF Registration Requirements for Multilateral Trading Facilities and Organized Trading Facilities Authorized Within the EU - On December 8, in response to a request by the European...more
Do robots give suitable advice? ESMA proposes updates to suitability guidelines to address robo-advice. Given the technological evolution of the advice market, firms offering a robo-advice service are faced with a...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Chairman Clayton Makes First Public Speech Outlining His Vision for the Commission - On July 12, in his first major address since becoming Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Expands Nonpublic Review of Draft Registration Statements - On June 29, the Division of Corporation Finance (Division) of the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that, beginning on July 10,...more
The FCA has published its second Policy Statement on MiFID II implementation, plus a further Consultation Paper on residual issues. Key Points: ..The FCA has made significant changes to some proposals, particularly in...more
Fifth Consultation Paper and first Policy Statement issued, with the FCA’s second Policy Statement due in June. The FCA has just published two further papers on its approach to implementing MiFID II. The first, which is...more
HM Treasury published its response to its late 2016 consultation on amending the definition of regulated advice under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 to bring it in line with the...more
HM Treasury published a paper summarizing responses to its consultation on the transposition of the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and three draft statutory instruments to facilitate transposition. Member...more
On 16 December 2016, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its final Consultation Paper on the implementation of the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) (CP16/43). This follows three...more
The Financial Conduct Authority published its fourth consultation paper on the implementation of the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive in the UK. MiFID II regulates retail and wholesale investment business....more
The Prudential Regulation Authority launched its second consultation on implementing certain aspects of the Markets in Financial Instruments legislative package, which comprises the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive...more