31 Mar, 2023 Treasury pushes ahead with expansion of financial promotions regime to capture cryptoassets By Jimi Piggott-Bader HM Treasury has published draft legislation in the latest stage of its plans to bring cryptoassets within the financial promotions...
31 Mar, 2023 SMCR Review: What does the future hold for the Senior Managers Regime? By Simon Treacy As promised in its Edinburgh Reforms, the UK government has opened a review of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime. The...
28 Mar, 2023 ESMA finalises MiFID II product governance guidance with minor changes… but suggests further guidance may follow in Q&A By Karen Cooper ESMA has published its final report on guidelines on product governance, which includes ESMA’s response to feedback on ESMA’s 2022...
27 Mar, 2023 Upping the ante: are your regulatory compliance systems and controls good enough? By Pansy Wong With Risk.net reporting that: "regulatory compliance is an increasing source of alarm for operational risk managers. It jumped to second...
23 Mar, 2023 Head of ESMA sets out vulnerabilities for the fund sector By Premlata Fagan Stephen Clipsham In a speech delivered on 21 March 2023 at the ALFI fund industry conference, Verena Ross, Chair of the European Securities and Markets...
13 Mar, 2023 Here's your 2023 guide to Banking Regulation in the UK By Alastair Holt Simon Treacy Alastair Holt and Simon Treacy have co-authored the UK chapter for the latest edition of GLI’s Banking Regulation 2023. As the cost of...
13 Mar, 2023 Joint ESAs/ECB Statement calls for enhanced climate related disclosure for structured finance products By Premlata Fagan The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) and the ECB have issued a joint statement highlighting that, as investment in financial...
09 Mar, 2023 The FCA's really hitting its stride on financial promotions interventions (and not just online) By Duncan Campbell A few months ago we saw the FCA take its financial promotions game to the next level. And we wondered whether the FCA would be able to...
07 Mar, 2023 Sisyphean SARs By Duncan Campbell When it comes to SARs, the NCA's UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) is doing its level best to push an ever-heavier boulder up an...
06 Mar, 2023 Life through a lens: FCA sounds early warning for closed-book life insurance under the Consumer Duty By Jimi Piggott-Bader The introduction of the Consumer Duty for new and existing products on 31 July 2023 is looming large. But for life insurers (and related...
02 Mar, 2023 Text of ELTIF 2.0 Regulation is published By Stephen Clipsham On 22 February 2023, the Council of the EU published the text of the proposed Regulation amending the Regulation on European Long-Term...