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Fighting financial crime, protecting consumers’ needs, and bolstering wholesale markets are the regulator’s key priorities for the year ahead. On 19 March 2024, the FCA published its Business Plan for 2024/25, setting...more
In the final Quarterly Review of 2021, we reflect on a year that has seen the UK acclimatise to life outside of the EU, whilst, like the rest of the world, contending with the difficulties brought on by the global coronavirus...more
The latest edition of our Private Bank Briefing provides a roundup of legal and compliance issues impacting private banks and their clients from Q3 2021. In this edition, we include a summary of the latest sustainable...more
In our Quarterly Review, we bring you important UK developments relating to business crime, investigations, and regulatory enforcement from the last three months. With this month marking half a year since the UK left the EU,...more
HoL EU Services Sub-Committee report on trade in services On 24 March, the HoL European Union Committee published a new report on UK-EU trade in services. The report concludes that despite the agreement of the Trade and...more
Brexit - Please see the Other Developments section for the MoU agreed between the ECB, FCA and BoE on post-Brexit supervisory cooperation, effective from 1 January. ...more
Following months of uncertainty, on Christmas Eve a Brexit agreement was finally reached between the United Kingdom (“UK”) and the European Union (“EU”). The European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (the “Act”) received...more
Brexit - Please see our Brexit financial services webpage, which contains, amongst other things, tables detailing Brexit statutory instruments, equivalence decisions, EEA transitional regimes and UK regulators’...more
C5's Virtual 14th Berlin Forum on Global Economic Sanctions is next week. Navigating the rapidly changing sanctions landscape and staying compliant is hard. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear from the most experienced...more
The ACI’s 13th Advanced Flagship Conference on Economic Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance is going virtual and will be held on July 29-30, 2020. From the comfort of your home office, virtually attend the industry’s...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Sector Views, its annual report examining how each financial sector is performing....more
PUBLICATIONS - APAC Financial Regulatory Focus: Expected Developments in the Year of the Rat - As we move into the year of the rat, our team across Asia Pacific consider some of the key areas of financial regulatory...more
SEMINARS - You ain’t seen nothin’ yet: countdown to Brexit (27 February) Continuing our series of talks on the implications of Brexit for financial services providers, focusing in particular on EU banks, we will discuss...more
BREXIT - Please see our section on Other Developments for the FCA’s regulation round-up for January which updates on the FCA’s Brexit implementation activities. EC publish slides on the future relationship between the...more
BREXIT - Please see the Markets and Markets Infrastructure section for the publication of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2211 on CCP regulatory framework equivalence in the OJ and ESMA’s related amended...more
In last year’s publication and in our mid-year progress report, we highlighted the top regulatory focus areas for our clients during 2019, concentrating on wholesale market structures and conduct risk. This publication...more
BREXIT - Please see the Consumer/Retail section for an update on the FCA’s Quarterly Consultation Paper, which discusses Brexit-related changes to the Handbook & new EU binding technical standards (BTS) following the...more
BREXIT - EC outlines plans for sustainable finance and proposes extension to the temporary equivalence regime for UK CCPs post-Brexit - On 15 November, the EC published a speech by Mr Dombrovskis, European Commissioner...more
UPCOMING SEMINARS - Convergence, divergence and disturbance: What’s next for financial regulation in Europe? On 19 November, 8.30am to 9.30am, a panel of A&O’s European regulatory partners will discuss issues facing their...more
BREXIT - Please refer to the Markets and Markets Infrastructure section for an update regarding the made Over the Counter Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories (Amendment etc and Transitional...more
BREXIT - The Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No.3) Regulations 2019 On 24 October, the Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No.3) Regulations 2019 were made, and an...more
BREXIT - Brexit negotiations - On 17 October, the UK government and the EC reached an agreement on a revised Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement, and a revised political declaration on the...more
BREXIT - FCA’s instructions on use of its Financial Instruments Transparency System - On 10 October, the FCA published instructions on its Financial Instruments Transparency System (FITRS). The system has been built to...more
SEMINARS - ESG and sustainable finance conference On 11 November, 8:30am to 1:00pm, A&O will be hosting its inaugural ESG and sustainable finance conference. The conference will bring together a wide range of market...more