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Acknowledging that high-quality, easily available investment research supports deep capital markets, listed companies, and economic growth, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently issued a consultation paper...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has launched a consultation on proposals for reforming the commodity derivatives regulatory framework, which covers position limits, the exemptions from those limits, position management...more
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
The European Commission adopted its Retail Investment Package on 24 May 2023 as part of its 2020 Capital Markets Union Action Plan. The main objective is to strengthen the protection of retail investors in the European Union...more
MiFIR / MiFID II: The European Parliament published a press release announcing it has reached provisional political agreement with the Council of the EU on the proposed amendments to the Markets in Financial Instruments...more
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Commodity Derivatives and Emission Allowances) Order 2023 was made on May 17, 2023. The Order, which enters into force on January 1, 2025, paves the way for the Financial Conduct...more
The U.K. government has published a draft statutory instrument (and related explanatory memorandum), which will be known as the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Commodity Derivatives and Emission Allowances) Order...more
On 1 December 2022, the Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) published its consultation paper CP152 on own funds requirements for UCITS management companies and AIFMs authorised for discretionary portfolio management...more
The Investment Firms Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/2033) (the IFR) and the Investment Firm Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/2034) (the IFD) established a prudential framework for investment firms that are authorised under...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published new Guidelines on the appropriateness and execution-only requirements under the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive. The appropriateness requirements...more
Following the turn of the new year, our UK Regulatory specialists have examined the key regulatory developments in 2022 impacting a range of UK and European firms within the financial services sector. The key dates have been...more
The European Commission has finalised its proposed ESG-related changes to MiFID II. These are intended to fit together with SFDR, and are part of a suite of ESG related changes being made via amends to AIFMD, the UCITS...more
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (“BCBS”) published a report jointly with the World Bank setting out the findings from a global survey on proportionality in banking regulation and supervision....more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced on July 9 that, while changes to the scope of the UK commodity position limits regime are being consulted on, it will not take enforcement action against firms that breach...more
On 19 April 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published the second out of three consultation papers on the implementation of the Investment Firms Prudential Regime (“IFPR”) (CP21/7). The IFPR is a new UK...more
An order was published on December 23, 2020, amending the order of September 5, 2007, relating to the nonfinancial activities that French investment firms may conduct. As a matter of principle, and similarly to credit...more
With the end of the Brexit transition period looming, many financial services firms are asking what they need to do between now and the end of the year to ensure regulatory compliance. In this episode of our Connected With...more
Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 on the prudential requirements of investment firms and Directive (EU) 2019/2034 on the prudential supervision of investment firms (collectively, "IFR/IFD Framework") significantly change the...more
The European Commission recently launched a consultation on a proposal that would allow investment firms to rebundle payments for research on small- and mid-cap issuers and fixed income instruments, to aid in the recovery...more
On 23 June 2020, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a discussion paper (“DP 20/2”) in relation to a new UK prudential regime for investment firms authorised under the Markets in Financial Instruments...more
On 5 June 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its final guidelines on certain aspects of the recast Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) compliance function requirements (the...more
On 3 June 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published two Opinions clarifying how European Union investment firms trading financial instruments on third-country trading venues (TCTVs) should, from 3...more
The Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”) has issued a markets update1 (the “Update”) confirming flexibility for filing dates relating to certain regulatory returns due from investment firms, fund service providers and investment...more
The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (“MiFID II”), which came into effect on 3 January 2018, is a European legislation, consisting of two parts, the MiFID II directive (2014/65/EU) and the MiFIR regulation...more