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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated its webpage on transparency waivers and deferrals in light of the upcoming changes to the UK MiFIR transparency regime for bond and derivatives markets. The FCA added a...more
Following its consultation earlier this year, the Financial Conduct Authority has published a policy statement setting out its final position on the new U.K. bond and derivative transparency regime. In response to feedback,...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. ...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
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
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a Policy Statement and final Guidance on Crypto-assets. The Policy Statement summarizes the feedback received to the FCA's consultation on draft Guidance and sets out the...more
The Financial Conduct Authority has published a Policy Statement setting out new Handbook rules and guidance to implement some of the recommendations arising from the Financial Advice Market Review launched by the FCA jointly...more
1 September - The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) updated its April 2017 public disclosure with Template A (Disclosure of Aggregate Statistical Data with regard to Insurance and Reinsurance Undertakings) and Template...more
The FCA has published its second Policy Statement on MiFID II implementation, plus a further Consultation Paper on residual issues. Key Points: ..The FCA has made significant changes to some proposals, particularly in...more
Fifth Consultation Paper and first Policy Statement issued, with the FCA’s second Policy Statement due in June. The FCA has just published two further papers on its approach to implementing MiFID II. The first, which is...more