On 20 December 2023, the Financial Stability Board ("FSB") published revised policy recommendations to address structural vulnerabilities from liquidity mismatch in open-ended funds ("OEF"), concurrently with the publication...more
CryptoPunk Sold at $2.6M, USPTO to Address NFTs, Court Approves NFT Service - A rare NFT from the CryptoPunk collection recently sold for approximately $2.6 million, the fifth-largest sale in the collection’s history....more
Key developments in April 2022: 29 April - The Financial Stability Board (“FSB”) published for consultation an interim report that recommends measures to assist supervisory and regulatory authorities in developing...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. 28 February - The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published Handbook Notice...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the Bureau) has issued final regulations (Final Regulations) to facilitate the transition away from Libor (the London Interbank Offered Rate) in the consumer credit market and to...more
The Financial Stability Board published its final report on the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic from a financial stability perspective. The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a report on climate change...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. ...more
Proposed codified EU Regulation on cross-border payments: JURI draft report - The European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) has published a draft report containing a draft European Parliament legislative...more
Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (Commencement No 7) Regulations 2021 - The Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 (Commencement No. 7) (Dissolution of the Consumer Financial Education Body) Regulations 2021 (SI...more
Regulatory Developments - United Kingdom: Kalifa Review of UK FinTech published - On 26 February 2021, HM Treasury published the Kalifa Review of UK FinTech, identifying priority areas to support the UK’s fintech sector. The...more
Transfers for compliance with U.S. law can generally be done under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Article 49 derogation, said the United Kingdom's Information Commissioners Office (ICO) in a letter to the U.S....more
Post-Brexit transition period: migrating to FCA FIRDS and FITRS - The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a press release announcing details of the cutover plan for firms migrating to the FCA Financial...more
Securities Financing Transactions, Securitisation and Miscellaneous Amendments (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 - The Securities Financing Transactions, Securitisation and Miscellaneous Amendments (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (SI...more
Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2020 - A draft version of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2020 has been...more
The Financial Stability Board has published a Roadmap for enhancing cross-border payments. The Roadmap is the final stage in the G20's three-stage process to enable countries to enhance their cross-border payments systems....more
Brexit: UK equivalence decisions for EEA states - HM Treasury has announced its intention to make equivalence decisions in respect of the EEA across a number of financial services areas. ...more
COVID-19: FCA updates statement on CBILS and BBLS - On 10 November 2020, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published an updated version of its statement on the regulation of firms in relation to the UK Coronavirus...more
COVID-19: FCA proposes additional guidance for insurance and premium finance firms on customers in financial difficulty - The FCA has published draft additional guidance for insurance and premium finance firms, setting...more
Brexit: HM Treasury update on financial services Brexit statutory instruments HM Treasury has published an update on its work relating to statutory instruments (SIs) laid, or to be laid, under the European Union (Withdrawal)...more
ISO 20022 migration: BoE revised approach The Bank of England (BoE) has updated its webpage on ISO 20022 with the following information. - ISO 20022 migration: BoE revised approach - The Bank of England (BoE) has updated...more
Brexit: FCA opens registration applications for UK securitisation repositories - The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a new webpage for securitisation repositories under the Securitisation Regulation that...more
COVID-19: final transcripts of FCA business interruption insurance test case - On 18 August 2020, the FCA updated its webpage on the High Court business interruption insurance test case to link to the final transcripts for...more
Accessing and using wholesale data: FCA extends call for input deadline The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has extended the deadline for responses to its call for input on the use and value of data and advanced...more
Capital market regulation: FCA speech - The FCA has published a speech given by Mark Steward, Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight on "Capital market regulation and coronavirus". Among other things, Mr...more
Draft Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 - HM Treasury has published draft Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, together with a draft...more