12/17/2025 11:08:01 AM Financial Regulation Legal Outlook 2026 By Stephen Clipsham Our Financial Regulation Outlook 2026 explores the key regulatory developments that we expect to see in the Banking, Asset Management and...
12/18/2025 10:27:15 PM FCA drafts more UK crypto regulation By Peter Bevan Richard Hay Harry Eddis James Morris Olivia Murphy Sam Quicke Simon Treacy Sophia Le Vesconte +5 more... Show less Swiftly following the release of the UK’s cryptoasset legislation, the Financial Conduct Authority has opened three consultations on the...
12/17/2025 8:40:28 PM UK consults on future benchmarks regulation By Peter Bevan Raza Naeem James Morris Pan Papakyprianou Simon Treacy +2 more... Show less HM Treasury has opened a consultation on the future regulatory regime for benchmarks and benchmark administrators. The Government says...
12/17/2025 6:12:02 PM ESMA final report on derivatives transparency, package orders and the EU derivatives CTP final piece in the EU MiFIR Review puzzle By Karen Cooper Stephen Clipsham ESMA has published its Final Report on transparency for derivatives, package orders and input/output data for the EU OTC derivatives...
12/17/2025 11:53:21 AM European Commission consults on MiFID II research provisions amendments By Stephen Clipsham Raza Naeem On 4 December 2025, the European Commission published for consultation a Delegated Directive amending the MiFID II Delegated Directive...
12/15/2025 10:25:58 PM UK makes milestone law to regulate cryptoassets By Harry Eddis Peter Bevan Richard Hay James Morris Olivia Murphy Sam Quicke Sophia Le Vesconte Simon Treacy +5 more... Show less HM Treasury has laid legislation before Parliament which will introduce a regulatory regime for cryptoassets. The new regime will start...
12/12/2025 10:40:58 PM FCA finalises non-financial misconduct guidance and confirms September 2026 implementation By Sophie Walden The FCA has published Policy Statement PS25/23, finalising its handbook guidance on non-financial misconduct ("NFM") following its...
12/12/2025 8:07:25 PM Target Support is coming – FCA publishes near final rules and guidance By Sara Cody The FCA has published near final rules and guidance for the delivery of targeted support to retail consumers. These are designed to be...
12/12/2025 5:18:38 PM FCA fines Nationwide £44m for financial crime control failings By Victoria McGowan The FCA has fined Nationwide just over £44m for failings in its anti-financial crime systems and controls between October 2016 and July...
12/12/2025 4:41:10 PM The FCA finalises the CCI disclosure framework – our initial takeaways. By Raza Naeem Elliot Jack On 8 December, the FCA published PS 25/20, setting out the rules for its new Consumer Composite Investment (“CCI”) regime. This will...
12/11/2025 3:40:34 PM FCA proposes significant changes to client cat rules and rationalises conflicts of interest rules By Sara Cody Karen Cooper Raza Naeem Clare Whittle +1 more... Show less The FCA has published a consultation (FCA CP25/36) outlining proposed changes to the UK client categorisation regime. A link to our full...
12/10/2025 9:08:14 AM Rebalancing Risk in UK Retail Investments: Key Themes from FCA Discussion Paper DP25/3 By Clare Whittle In a wide-ranging paper, DP25/3, the FCA is seeking views on how it may adapt its rules to reflect changes in how consumers can access...
12/9/2025 11:54:29 AM Suite of FCA measures to boost UK investment culture published By Sara Cody Raza Naeem Clare Whittle James Morris Elliot Jack +2 more... Show less The FCA has published a package of four papers and statements, aimed at reinforcing wholesale markets and empowering retail investors....
12/9/2025 11:13:25 AM FCA sets out its expectations of co-manufacturers By Sara Cody Raza Naeem Clare Whittle James Morris +1 more... Show less As promised in its September letter to HMT, the FCA is continuing its work to rebalance the benefit and burden imposed by the Consumer...
11/27/2025 11:23:54 AM PSD3 breakthrough: EU legislators agree payments regulation reforms By Harry Eddis Andreas Van Impe Marius Raetz Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Fiona Garrahan Imran Bhaluani Simon Treacy +6 more... Show less The European Parliament and Council have agreed changes to the EU’s payments regulatory framework. A new Payment Services Regulation...
11/27/2025 10:04:23 AM Singapore: MAS Proposes Comprehensive AI Risk Management Guidelines for Financial Institutions By Jia-Yi Tay Elizabeth Webb Claris Teo The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issued a consultation paper on 13 November 2025 proposing Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence...
11/26/2025 3:53:50 PM EU authorities weigh up impact of AI regulation on financial services By Raza Naeem Simon Treacy EU financial services firms must consider how their adoption of AI relates to both the EU AI Act and the existing financial regulatory...