2/10/2026 6:04:23 PM Rangecourt SA (formerly Banque Havilland SA) Upper Tribunal Decision By Ariel Kaminsky On 3 February 2026, the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) handed down its decision in Rangecourt SA (formerly Banque Havilland...
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...
2/4/2026 10:53:27 AM Asia Financial Regulatory Bulletin - February 2026 By Elizabeth Webb Clara Hackney Claris Teo In Singapore, the beginning of 2026 has seen a slow start to regulatory activity, although there have been some important updates to the...
1/29/2026 2:09:43 PM FCA transparency drive delivers first Enforcement Watch publication By Sara Cody During discussions around the FCA’s 2024 attempt to secure greater powers to name firms under investigation – which concluded with a...
1/29/2026 10:37:48 AM Asia Financial Regulatory Bulletin - January 2026 By Elizabeth Webb Claris Teo The end of 2025 saw a lot of regulatory activity in Hong Kong and Singapore. The regulatory focus for both jurisdictions centres on...
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...
10/28/2025 4:39:13 PM First Challenge to FCA's New Investigation Publicity Policy Dismissed By Sophie Walden The High Court has dismissed a judicial review claim brought by an anonymised company ("CIT") challenging the FCA’s decision to publicly...
10/21/2025 2:19:51 PM FCA secures US $101m redress from BlueCrest over conflicts management issues By Igor Tokmadzic The FCA has issued its Final Notice to BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP (BCMUK), bringing to an end lengthy proceedings concerning...
8/29/2025 8:52:42 AM Singapore: Tokenize Xchange - MAS refers cryptocurrency platform to police By Elizabeth Webb Claris Teo On 1 August 2025, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that AmazingTech Pte Ltd (ATPL), operator of the Tokenize Xchange...
8/29/2025 8:39:13 AM Singapore: MAS cracks down on unauthorized bank data access By Elizabeth Webb Claris Teo The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued Prohibition Orders (POs) against three individuals under the Financial Services and...
7/18/2025 12:00:19 PM In the numbers: the FCA and PRA's interventions and enforcement work 2024-25 By Duncan Campbell From an interventions and enforcement perspective, the PRA's annual report is fairly brief as usual. The FCA's annual report gives a...
7/10/2025 4:14:23 PM FCA fines Monzo £21m for failing to ensure its financial crime systems and controls keep pace with its business growth By Jankee Gohil Monzo’s story is so similar to many others – a small firm experiences rapid and significant business growth but its processes, systems...
7/3/2025 2:04:27 PM Upper Tribunal turns trader in its latest landmark spoofing case By Jankee Gohil Duncan Campbell The Upper Tribunal's recent decision in Gonzalez, Sheth and Urra v FCA has implications for market abuse compliance efforts of all market...
6/4/2025 11:09:03 AM The FCA’s new Enforcement Guide has landed – including its new investigations publicity policy By Elizabeth Dowd Sara Cody Duncan Campbell The FCA has a shiny new Enforcement Guide (ENFG) replacing its old EG (last updated in January 2021) with immediate effect. All of the...
5/15/2025 10:57:16 AM Treatment of customers under the Consumer Duty – lessons for investment advisers from other contexts: 2025 supervisory and enforcement risks for investment advisers By Oliver Palmer This is the final blog in a four-part series covering key supervisory and enforcement risks for investment advisers in 2025. The...
5/14/2025 10:44:21 AM Advice firm consolidation – five things to think about: 2025 supervisory and enforcement risks for investment advisers By Oliver Palmer This is the third blog in a four-part series covering key supervisory and enforcement risks for investment advisers in 2025. The FCA has...