2/6/2026 10:58:00 AM Financial Regulation Legal Outlook 2026 By Stephen Clipsham Our Financial Regulation Outlook 2026 (now updated to January 2026) explores the key regulatory developments that we expect to see in the...
9/11/2026 10:27:08 AM FCA CP 26/27: Remuneration: Solo-regulated firms’ rules reform By Premlata Fagan Alexandra Beidas Raza Naeem Elliot Jack Clare Wiles +2 more... Show less On 14 July 2026, the FCA published for consultation CP26/27: "Remuneration: Solo-regulated firms’ rules reform", with proposals to...
9/11/2026 10:24:47 AM FRAME: The FCA’s new fund reporting regime (CP 26/26) – reforming fund level reporting and casting the net wider on reporting on wider asset management activity By Premlata Fagan Raza Naeem Elliot Jack Clare Wiles +1 more... Show less Earlier this summer, the FCA published a package of reforms representing the most significant overhaul of the UK's asset management...
9/11/2026 10:22:11 AM AIFM Regime Overhaul: FCA and HM Treasury propose rules to simplify rules and cut costs for asset managers By Premlata Fagan Raza Naeem Elliot Jack Emily Harmsworth Clare Wiles +2 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a major consultation (CP26/28) to change the regulatory framework for alternative...
9/9/2026 8:09:51 PM Bank of England to receive new objective to support payments innovation By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Sam Quicke Olivia Murphy Simon Treacy Sophia Le Vesconte +3 more... Show less The UK Government has proposed setting the Bank of England an objective of facilitating innovation in payments. The new objective will be...
9/8/2026 9:26:33 PM CRD6: Four-month countdown to finalise plans for lending into the EU By Peter Bevan Alastair Holt Jankee Gohil Andreas Dehio Harry Eddis Anna Ferraresso Marc Perrone +4 more... Show less On 11 January 2027 new rules will take effect restricting who can provide banking services into the EU from overseas. International...
9/8/2026 9:22:21 PM UK FCA proposes new transitional provisions for selected crypto rules By Harry Eddis Richard Hay James Morris Sam Quicke Olivia Murphy Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less The UK’s cryptoasset regulatory regime goes live on 25 October 2027. The Financial Conduct Authority published its final rules earlier...
9/8/2026 9:19:04 PM UK FCA tells firms to prepare for vulnerability wave in response to frontier AI By Raza Naeem Simon Treacy The most advanced AI models are accelerating the identification of cyber vulnerabilities at financial services firms. Following a...
9/3/2026 9:20:47 AM UK/EU Wholesale Markets Reform Timeline - September 2026 update By Karen Cooper Stephen Clipsham View our UK/EU Wholesale Markets Reform Timeline which has been updated to reflect recent developments over the Summer. The timeline...
8/26/2026 1:42:09 PM EBA consults on RTS related to reclassification of investment firms as credit institutions By Karen Cooper Stephen Clipsham The European Banking Authority has launched a consultation on three draft RTS related to the reclassification of investment firms as...
8/26/2026 10:57:20 AM Asia Financial Regulatory Bulletin - August 2026 By Carolyn Sng Alcander Seah Claris Teo Last month, Hong Kong moved closer to implementing its long-awaited OTC derivatives licensing regime and continued to sharpen its focus...
8/14/2026 3:41:40 PM EU supervisors suggest how financial firms should prevent, detect and manage AI-cyber disruption By Raza Naeem Simon Treacy Last month the European Central Bank told the banks it oversees to submit their plans for addressing AI-enabled cybersecurity threats by...
8/11/2026 10:38:00 AM FCA advances package of equity market transparency reforms By Karen Cooper Stephen Clipsham The FCA equity markets package sets the framework for a UK equity CTP, seeks views on income sharing and inclusion of SI pre-trade data...
8/10/2026 2:39:30 PM UK FCA reminds firms not to let growth get ahead of good governance By Simon Treacy The Financial Conduct Authority has reviewed how governance, risk management and control frameworks are developing at a group of rapidly...
8/5/2026 4:39:46 PM Upper Tribunal upholds FCA ban but significantly reduces penalties By Sara Cody Mia Shindler Stephen Clipsham In Richard Brian Fenech and Heather Imogen Dunne v The Financial Conduct Authority, the Upper Tribunal considered the calculation of...
8/4/2026 2:46:17 PM FCA finalises significant reforms to the UK transaction reporting regime to lock in predicted annual cost savings of more than £100m for the industry By Karen Cooper Stephen Clipsham The FCA has published Policy Statement PS26/15, confirming final rules which will significantly streamline the UK MiFIR transaction...
7/30/2026 8:08:29 AM Asia Financial Regulatory Bulletin - July 2026 By Carolyn Sng Elizabeth Webb Claris Teo Last month, Hong Kong continued to develop its derivatives market infrastructure and enforcement frameworks, while Singapore's regulators...