3/25/2025 5:55:22 PM The FCA's strategy puts financial crime enforcement first By Duncan Campbell Interventions and enforcement take a back seat for most of the FCA's 2025-30 strategy. Or do they? The need for speed Yes, the FCA...
3/12/2025 4:31:02 PM FCA jettisons a key element of its enforcement transparency proposals - and everyone wins By Duncan Campbell Sara Cody The FCA is walking back much of the substance of its enforcement transparency proposals. We've got history Many will recall that its...
3/6/2025 1:46:44 PM I predict a RIAAT on retirement income advice – 2025 supervisory and enforcement risks for investment advisers By Oli Palmer This is the second blog in a four-part series covering key supervisory and enforcement risks for investment advisers in 2025. The FCA...
3/6/2025 11:17:35 AM 19 March "meet the regulators": Linklaters financial regulatory conference on key topics for 2025 By Karen Cooper Victoria Hickman Simon Treacy Come and join us for a half-day Spring Outlook conference (register here) on 19 March in our Linklaters London Office where we will be...
2/25/2025 5:18:40 PM 2025 supervisory and enforcement risks for investment advisers: the FCA’s ongoing advice review – why it isn’t ‘job done’ just yet By Oli Palmer This is the first blog in a four-part series covering key supervisory and enforcement risks for investment advisers in 2025. A year on...
2/7/2025 9:30:10 AM House of Lords boxes in FCA over investigations transparency proposals By Duncan Campbell The saga continues. After the FCA made its initial proposals to publicise ongoing investigations, uproar ensued. The FCA watered them...
1/29/2025 3:19:28 PM FCA issues first fine for breach of MiFIR transaction reporting requirements By Karen Cooper Stephen Clipsham The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Infinox Capital Limited £99,200 for failing to submit 46,053 transaction reports which...
12/13/2024 9:57:02 AM Five FCA findings on ‘what good looks like’ for Consumer Duty Board reports By Oli Palmer The FCA has published the findings of its review into firms’ approaches to the preparation of the first annual Consumer Duty Board...
12/12/2024 3:30:27 PM Financial Regulation Legal Outlook 2025 By Stephen Clipsham Our Financial Regulation Outlook 2025 report explores the key regulatory developments that we expect to see in the Banking, Asset...
11/28/2024 12:00:48 PM FCA adjusts its controversial investigations transparency proposals – here’s what you need to know By Elizabeth Dowd Sara Cody Duncan Campbell The much-anticipated follow-up to the FCA’s proposals on transparency in enforcement investigations (CP 24/2) has finally landed in the...
11/20/2024 1:03:31 PM Re-dressing redress: the FCA and FOS joint Call for Input By Oli Palmer The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) have published a joint Call for Input (CFI) on reforming the...
11/15/2024 9:02:09 AM Growth and competitiveness - a new strategy By Elizabeth Dowd Rachel Reeves has used her first Mansion House speech as Chancellor to put forward reforms aimed at making the UK financial services...
11/5/2024 10:37:42 AM Greenwashing Conference: Legal & Regulatory Compliance and Risk Management Approaches By Victoria Hickman Raza Naeem Peter Bevan Harry Eddis Elizabeth Dowd Nikunj Kiri Martyn Hopper Clare McMullen James Morris Alastair Holt +7 more... Show less A reminder about the “Greenwashing Outlook” conference that Linklaters and AFME are hosting imminently. We look forward to seeing many of...
10/31/2024 10:53:02 AM Court of Appeal decision on commission disclosure opens door to more consumer claims By Duncan Campbell In allowing three appeals (Johnson v FirstRand Bank, Wrench v FirstRand Bank and Hopcraft v Close Brothers Limited) the Court of Appeal...
10/23/2024 3:38:56 PM AI-washing – the latest developments and how to mitigate the risk By Duncan Campbell As AI rapidly develops, it brings with it the risk that firms might be accused of ‘AI-washing’: ‘overselling’ their AI’s capabilities,...
10/10/2024 3:57:42 PM Significant Court of Appeal judgment on FCA's redress powers By Nikunj Kiri Sara Cody Duncan Campbell The Court of Appeal has published its much anticipated judgment in the BlueCrest v FCA case. For the details, read our briefing note. By...