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Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. ...more
31 July - ESG: The European Commission adopted a Commission Delegated Regulation, setting out the first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (“ESRS”), together with a Q&A (see press release). The ESRS specify...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. Key developments in October 2022:...more
The European Commission has published legislative proposals to amend the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation. The proposals are part of the Commission's package of...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
26 February - HM Treasury published a report setting out the findings of the Kalifa Review of UK FinTech. The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published Handbook Notice 85, which sets out changes to the FCA Handbook...more
31 December - The Brexit Transitional Period (pursuant to which the UK stayed in the Single Market and European Customs Union came to an end. The FCA updated its Brexit webpages to remind firms of the potential impact...more
30 July - The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) updated its webpage on the High Court business interruption insurance test case. The Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) published a consultation paper (CP11/20)...more
30 June - The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) announced that the deadline for solo-regulated firms to have undertaken the first assessment of the fitness and propriety of their Certified Persons will be delayed from 9...more
3 February - The European Banking Authority (“EBA”) published a report on the benchmarking of diversity practices in credit institutions and investment firms under the CRD IV Directive (2013/36/EC)....more
1 June - HM Treasury published a consultation paper (dated May 2019) on the regulation of pre-paid funeral plans. HM Treasury intends to bring all funeral plan providers within the remit of the FCA....more
Partners Julia Smithers Excell and Stuart Willey, and associate Laura Kitchen of global law firm White & Case take a deep dive on the latest publications from EU and UK regulators aimed at providing supervisory clarity on the...more
BREXIT - Please see the Consumer/Retail and Markets and Markets Infrastructure section for updates on various draft SIs published this week in anticipation of a hard Brexit and Trade associations' letter on temporary...more
3 April - The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published a press release, warning that it intends to take action against general insurance firms that fail to properly implement the rules aimed at increasing...more
Brexit - Brexit – PRA letter to HoC Treasury Committee on firms' contingency planning - On 9 August, the HoC Treasury Committee published a letter (dated 2 August) from Sam Woods, BoE Deputy Governor, Prudential...more
CAPITAL MARKETS AND MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE - See Recovery and Resolution section for an update on CCP recovery and resolution. FCA makes available draft forms for benchmark administrators - On 6 July, as part of their...more
Financial Industry Developments - SEC Adopts T+2 Settlement Cycle for Securities Transactions - On March 22, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted an amendment to Rule 15c6-1(a), shortening the...more
In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset managers and...more
FHFA Requests Input on Credit Risk Transfer Transactions - On June 29, 2016, the Federal Housing Finance Agency published a report outlining its perspective on the credit risk transfer programs of Fannie Mae and Freddie...more
ECB Publishes Public Consultation - The European Central Bank ("ECB") has published a Public Consultation on a draft Addendum to the ECB Guide on options and discretions available in Union law. ...more