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The Financial Conduct Authority has published its findings from the first year of the implementation of the price and value outcome under the Consumer Duty. The specific focus of the price and value outcome rules is to ensure...more
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
The Financial Conduct Authority has published a policy statement on the final rules and guidance for a new regulatory regime to support access to cash for the consumers and businesses that rely on it, along with a research...more
The Financial Conduct Authority has published a new webpage on Mortgage Charter Uptake data. The webpage sets out the latest uptake data from firms who have signed the Government's Mortgage Charter. The Charter was introduced...more
31 July 2024 will mark one year since the Consumer Duty (the Duty) came into force for new and open products and services, and the deadline for implementing the Duty for closed products and services. Firms must also produce...more
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 implements the governments' policy to reform the high-net-worth and sophisticated investor exemptions under the financial...more
The FCA has, for many years, had an extensive range of powers available to it to require firms to undertake redress exercises. These powers have historically not been used by the FCA that frequently. Our expectation, however,...more
A new publication from the UK’s financial regulator signals to firms that they should take steps to manage risks in the use of AI. The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its latest board minutes...more
On 31 July 2023, following roundtable discussions held with banks earlier that month, the FCA published its Cash Savings Market Review (the “Review”). In this insight we explore the content of the Review, as well as...more
The FCA released its 2022/23 Annual Report last week together with data on its key enforcement trends. We consider below some of the key takeaways....more
With the implementation deadline looming, the FCA has set out some additional guidance for firms. With one month to go until the Consumer Duty (Duty) implementation deadline of 31 July 2023 (for new and existing products...more
What Is the Consumer Duty? To recap, a core priority for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is improving outcomes for consumers. The FCA has stated that it is concerned that, due to the way financial services markets...more
On June 8, 2023, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority published its final Policy Statement setting out detailed rules for the U.K.'s cryptoasset financial promotions regime. The Policy Statement follows the publication on...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) 2023 Business plan suggests some subtle amendments to the priorities previously set out in its three-year strategy....more
The Consumer Duty applies to firms that materially influence consumer outcomes. The Consumer Duty (Duty) (as set out in the FCA’s Policy Statement PS22/9 and guidance document FG22/5) will come into force at the end of...more
The United Kingdom HM Treasury (“HMT”) on 1 February 2023 launched its first consultation on the future regulatory regime for cryptoassets (the “Cryptoassets Consultation”). At the same time, it also published a response to...more
In our previous client alert, The UK Consumer Duty: Next Steps for Private Fund Managers, we explored the new consumer duty rules contained in PS22/9: A new Consumer Duty. As we noted, the duty applies to managers who provide...more
In a welcome change in approach to financial market regulation, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is requiring market participants to deliver good outcomes for consumers. On July 27, 2022, the FCA...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a consultation paper on proposed guidance on the regulatory perimeter for multilateral trading facilities and on possible future changes to smaller trading venues' regulatory...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published its final rules and guidance for the new Consumer Duty, which is intended to establish clearer standards for consumer protection across the financial services industry. The...more
On 27 July 2022, the FCA published its policy statement, PS22/9, setting out its final rules for its new Consumer Duty (“Duty”), together with accompanying non-Handbook guidance. The Duty aims to set higher standards of...more
The FCA has released final rules for the Consumer Duty. Whilst most people have focused on the news that the implementation deadline will be extended to July 2023, a firm's board must, by the end of October 2022, need to have...more
The U.K. Financial Regulators' Complaints Commissioner has published its final report upholding complaints from over 400 complainants concerning: (i) the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority's failures of regulation concerning...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has secured changes to the contracts of four Buy Now, Pay Later firms – Clearypay, Klarna, Laybuy and Openpay. Certain terms, including contract cancellations, continuous payment...more