Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
Benchmarks (Provision of Information and Documents) Regulations 2021 The Benchmarks (Provision of Information and Documents) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/812) have been published, together with an explanatory memorandum. The...more
DvP clients: FCA and PRA Dear CRO letter on counterparty credit exposure management and controls - The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have published a letter to chief risk...more
LIBOR transition: FCA and BoE encourage switch to SONIA in sterling non-linear derivatives market - The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BoE) have published a joint statement announcing that they...more
UK MiFIR: FCA update on use of TTP to modify DTO - The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published an update on the use of its temporary transitional power (TTP) to modify the UK's derivatives trading obligation (DTO). ...more
UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Revised draft Recognised Auction Platforms (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 - A revised draft version of the Recognised Auction Platforms (Amendment and Miscellaneous...more
Brexit and Debt Capital Markets transactions: some practical perspectives -Following the end of the Brexit transition period, debt capital markets participants may now need to consider both EU rules and the parallel UK rules...more
UK CCPs: HM Treasury consults on expanded resolution regime - HM Treasury is consulting on an expanded resolution regime for central counterparties (CCPs). HM Treasury intends to revise and expand the UK CCP resolution...more
UK SSR: Short Selling (Notification Thresholds) Regulations 2021 - The Short Selling (Notification Thresholds) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/5) have been published, together with an explanatory memorandum....more
UK Short Selling Regulation: notification threshold - HM Treasury has announced that it intends to lay a statutory instrument under the retained EU law version of the Short Selling Regulation (UK SSR) amending the initial...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
Title transfer collateral arrangements: FCA Dear CEO letter - The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a Dear CEO letter to firms acting as brokers in wholesale financial markets, who currently, or may in the...more
Recent regulatory developments of interest to financial institutions and markets. Includes updates on MiFIR open access regime for trading and clearing ETDs and various ESMA Q&A updated....more
Recent regulatory developments of interest to financial institutions and markets. Includes updates relating to MAR, MiFIR, EMIR, short selling, and more....more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a call for input (CFI) on the use and value of data and advanced analytics in wholesale financial markets, now and in the future. ...more