12/8/2022 3:58:26 PM FCA Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and Investment Labels By Georgia Learoyd On 25 October 2022, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a consultation paper (CP22/20) (the "Consultation Paper") on...
12/30/2021 1:07:38 PM HM Treasury Consultation - Changes to the Financial Promotion Exemptions regime By Howard Kennedy On 15 December 2021, HM Treasury published their consultation on the future of the high net worth individuals and sophisticated investors...
12/13/2021 8:34:07 PM HM Treasury and Financial Conduct Authority consult on Appointed Representatives By David Hamilton Introduction Both the Financial Conduct Authority and HM Treasury published papers concerning the Appointed Representative regime on 3...
9/9/2021 3:14:06 PM "Use it or Lose it": The FCA Consults on Handbook changes relating to Cancellation & Variation Powers of Regulatory Permissions By Howard Kennedy The FCA announced in January of this year that firms need to regularly review their regulatory permissions as the FCA will be taking a...
2/4/2021 12:00:00 AM Open for business - The FCA's approach to international firms By Howard Kennedy Non-UK based firms wishing to provide financial services in to the UK may require authorisation and regulation by the UK Financial...
6/19/2020 8:33:45 AM Ban on retail sale of "high risk investments" broadened and made permanent by FCA By Howard Kennedy The Financial Conduct Authority has been extremely busy of late proposing and implementing new policy; the latest targets on their...
6/4/2020 12:44:14 PM Covid19 & financial regulation: The return to the office By Howard Kennedy As we contemplate working practices post-lockdown, FCA-regulated firms (indeed, any business) may be wondering not just whether it is...
5/13/2020 11:04:11 AM ESG investing - grappling with the challenge to quantify the qualitative? By Howard Kennedy As the importance of ESG to investors and the broader business community grows, so the question of how we appropriately capture a...
5/6/2020 12:00:00 AM Covid19 & financial regulation: The FCA reminds firms to prioritise cyber security By David Hamilton The FCA updated its coronavirus information page earlier today (6 May 2020) with a section entitled "Information security" to remind...
4/28/2020 11:03:25 AM Covid19 & the FCA: FCA issues strong warning over banking bad practice By Howard Kennedy "We will be looking into this further, but want any practice of this nature to cease immediately." The FCA published a strongly worded...
4/7/2020 12:00:00 AM Covid19 & the FCA's expectations of the firms it regulates: Act now, don't pay later By David Hamilton The FCA has recently published guidance about their expectations of how firms meet their SMCR related obligations during Covid19. It is...
3/27/2020 11:08:31 AM Covid19 & Financial regulation in the "new normal" By Howard Kennedy As previously discussed, all FCA regulated firms need to have a business continuity plan and should have tested it regularly to ensure it...