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...
10/28/2025 3:23:16 PM FCA proposes new short selling rules for the UK By Raza Naeem James Morris Simon Treacy The Financial Conduct Authority is consulting on a new draft rulebook for short selling. As required by legislation, the FCA’s rules move...
10/22/2025 10:02:14 AM UK cryptoasset regulation: where are we now? By Harry Eddis Richard Hay James Morris Sam Quicke Olivia Murphy Sophia Le Vesconte Simon Treacy +4 more... Show less The UK is entering a key phase as it lays the foundations for its cryptoasset regulatory regime. Legislation to regulate cryptoassets...
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...
10/15/2025 8:37:51 PM FCA signals openness to direct dealing and tokenisation for UK fund management industry By Raza Naeem Elliot Jack Premlata Fagan Simon Treacy +1 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority is consulting on how fund managers can enable direct-to-fund dealing and use tokenised registers. As well...
10/6/2025 12:56:45 PM FCA simplifies AoV reporting requirements but maintains rigorous standards By Premlata Fagan The FCA has now finalised its revised assessment of value reporting requirements, maintaining standards generally, whilst simplifying the...
10/3/2025 4:35:58 PM Conclusions pending: FCA reports on the application of the Consumer Duty to wholesale firms By Sara Cody Back in July, the government asked the FCA to report to it on the application of the Consumer Duty to wholesale firms. This followed...
10/1/2025 1:43:40 PM Applying the consumer duty to crypto – rules vs outcomes in action By Sara Cody In its 2024 Consumer Duty CFI, the FCA asked industry whether regulation founded upon high-level ‘outcomes-based’ requirements might be...
9/29/2025 9:25:32 AM FCA lays groundwork for scrapping contactless limit By Simon Treacy The FCA is consulting on removing contactless payment limits. If the proposals are finalised, banks and other payment service providers...
9/23/2025 10:16:16 AM FCA tailors how its rulebook will apply to cryptoasset activities By Harry Eddis Richard Hay James Morris Olivia Murphy Sam Quicke Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less A new consultation from the Financial Conduct Authority shows more clearly the extent of the compliance burden to come for crypto...
9/8/2025 12:36:07 PM UK consults on closing the Payment Systems Regulator By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Sam Quicke Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less HM Treasury has opened a consultation on moving the functions of the Payment Systems Regulator into the Financial Conduct Authority. The...
9/3/2025 7:09:50 PM UK drafts changes to Money Laundering Regulations By James Morris Olivia Murphy Simon Treacy Duncan Campbell +1 more... Show less The UK Government has shared draft legislation amending the Money Laundering Regulations, including changes to cryptoasset regulation,...
9/3/2025 1:57:35 PM Catch up on our recent payments podcasts By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Sam Quicke Simon Treacy +3 more... Show less It has been a busy summer for the regulation of payment services in the UK. As well as calling on e-money and payments firms to improve...
8/28/2025 3:57:01 PM FCA finds shortcomings in algorithmic trading controls By Simon Treacy Stephen Clipsham The Financial Conduct Authority has found significant variation in how firms comply with their algorithmic trading control obligations....
8/11/2025 3:31:33 PM UK signals changes to appointed representatives regime By James Morris Simon Treacy Appointed representatives are not authorised to provide financial services but can carry on regulated activities under the supervision of...
8/11/2025 11:02:42 AM FCA finds senior managers among those breaching communication policies By Raza Naeem Alexia Katzaros Simon Treacy Wholesale banks record staff communications to help them spot misconduct. The UK FCA has found breaches of firms’ recording and...