Podcast — UK FinReg Focus Areas in 2025: Wholesale Markets
Brexit & Financial Services: Preparing for the End of the Transition Period
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the findings of the multi-firm assessment of valuation practices and governance for valuing private equity, venture capital, private debt and infrastructure assets. The...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a policy statement (PS25/1) on reforming the commodity derivatives regulatory framework. The policy statement sets out the FCA's response to feedback on its consultation...more
The Financial Markets Standards Board has published its updated final statement of good practice for front office supervision of wholesale traded markets. The statement of good practice sets out 15 good practice statements,...more
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) establishes a harmonised and comprehensive framework for information and communication technology (ICT) risk management in the financial sector. It is a directly applicable EU...more
Many governments are grappling with the question of how to regulate artificial intelligence to ensure it is adopted safely and used responsibly without hampering innovation. Governments have generally indicated similar...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
These topics are attracting particular attention because they are either at a key stage in the regulatory change or implementation cycle, or because uncertainty and inconsistency in their recent implementation means that they...more
In what is a key FCA enforcement risk area, we study the common pitfalls firms encounter and the lessons firms can draw from the recent enforcement cases. Why is transaction reporting a key FCA priority? The transaction...more
We recently shared the opinions of 11 GRC experts on what developments to track in 2019. One of them, Fergus Allan of TORI Global, now provides more dimension and detail to his interesting outlook on what lies ahead....more
As we approach the end of the post-crisis regulatory reform agenda, we are still witnessing fast-paced regulatory developments that are undeniably and significantly driven by Brexit — with no signs of things slowing down in...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC Releases Statement on Expiration of Tick Size Pilot - On September 10, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the early expiration of its Tick Size Pilot Program. Under the program, the...more
BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Issues Investor Alert Regarding IRS Phone Scam - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued an Investor Alert warning investors about a phone scam involving phone calls allegedly...more