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...
12/12/2025 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...
12/11/2025 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...
12/9/2025 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....
10/1/2025 1:01:19 PM Singapore: MAS introduces comprehensive framework to promote responsible online financial content By Elizabeth Webb Claris Teo The MAS has announced a comprehensive set of initiatives to address the growing challenges posed by online financial content and...
9/24/2025 8:45:31 AM Singapore: SGX moves to streamline ETF Designated Market-Maker Obligations to encourage ETF trading By Elizabeth Webb Claris Teo Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) has published a consultation paper proposing amendments to its rules governing designated...
7/17/2025 10:44:00 AM Leeds Reforms: Starting gun sounds for comprehensive reforms to the FOS By Sara Cody The government, together with the FCA and the FOS, has begun the process of modernising the UK’s redress framework by publishing two...
7/1/2025 10:47:44 AM Advice/Guidance Boundary Review: Reflections on the FCA's targeted support proposals By Sara Cody Premlata Fagan FCA and Treasury’s joint Advice Guidance Boundary review is seeking to plug the UK's "advice gap" for retail investors. Targeted support...
7/1/2025 10:34:00 AM Advice/Guidance Boundary Review: FCA consults on its "once-in-a-generation" targeted support proposals By Premlata Fagan Sara Cody There is no denying that the advice gap is stark. Just 9% of adults received financial advice about their pensions or investments in 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...
3/6/2025 1:46:44 PM I predict a RIAAT on retirement income advice – 2025 supervisory and enforcement risks for investment advisers By Oliver Palmer This is the second blog in a four-part series covering key supervisory and enforcement risks for investment advisers in 2025. The FCA...
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 Oliver 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...
12/12/2024 6:49:14 PM Advice Guidance Boundary Review: FCA consults on a proposed new regime of targeted support for pensions By Premlata Fagan As promised in its feedback statement to its Advice Guidance Boundary proposals (set out in DP 23/5), the FCA has published its first...
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...
11/21/2024 3:13:31 PM FCA sets out next steps for “Advice Guidance Boundary Review” By Premlata Fagan In December 2023, the government and the FCA put forward proposals to improve how people can access help with their investments...