Brexit & Financial Services: Preparing for the End of the Transition Period
The Cross-Border Payments Regulation (EC) No 924/2009 (CBPR) is the EU legislation that sets out the principle of equality of charges for intra-EU cross-border euro payments and corresponding national payments within an EU...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
The UK government signals a diversion from the onshored regime towards a more flexible financial services regulatory framework. HM Treasury has published a consultation paper marking the start of Phase II of its financial...more
The FCA, Bank of England, and PRA have published updated rules for firms post-Brexit and intend to delay many (but not all) onshoring changes. Key Points: ..The FCA has published an updated version of the FCA Handbook,...more
Brexit: Latest Updates - Private banks are currently going through a process of assessing the changes that need to be made to their systems and controls, in addition to client facing documentation, to facilitate the...more
HM Treasury has published for feedback a draft statutory instrument to implement the revised provisions for CCPs in the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (known as EMIR 2.2.) into U.K. law once the Brexit...more
Q&As for UK Regulated Firms - Although the general election result has provided some certainty in relation to what happens next from a Brexit perspective, there are still many outstanding questions. In addition, a large...more
HM Treasury has published the Equivalence Determinations for Financial Services and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, providing U.K. government ministers with a temporary power to make...more
HM Treasury has published draft legislation that will allow the UK to make timely equivalence decisions in relation to the EU. Key Points: ..Post-Brexit, HM Treasury will take on the role of making equivalence decisions...more
UK Post-Brexit EU Financial Services Legislation - Shearman & Sterling is today making available further consolidated versions of EU legislation showing the proposed U.K. onshored versions. The batch of legislation that...more
In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal U.S., European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more
The Bank of England has published a consultation paper entitled "UK withdrawal from the EU: Changes to FMI rules and onshored Binding Technical Standards." The consultation forms part of a package of consultations, "Dear CEO"...more
The Bank of England and the U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority have launched a joint consultation paper entitled "The Bank of England’s approach to amending financial services legislation under the European Union...more
Latham & Watkins demystifies the process for onshoring the MiFID II regime, and outlines the key changes for firms operating in the UK. Key Points: ..The onshoring process is designed to preserve the status quo as much...more
Following the enactment of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, HM Treasury has set out its approach to "onshoring" EU financial services legislation under the Act. The Bank of England, the Financial Conduct Authority...more