The European Commission has launched a consultation on the EU securitisation framework. The consultation covers the following issues:

• the...

The FCA has published its 2021/22 business plan. The publication of the plan was slightly delayed, which is perhaps unsurprising given...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Bank of England (the regulators) have published a...

EBA consults on risk retention

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has launched a consultation on draft regulatory technical standards...

The temporary clearing exemption for pension scheme arrangements, set out in article 89(1) of EU EMIR (as amended by EMIR Refit), has been

The FCA has now provided its feedback on its first consultation papers on the new UK prudential regime for MiFID investment firms (IFPR)...

The financial trade press (e.g. see Financial News) is reporting that certain EU regulators have questioned the ability for a UK firm to...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed a £178,000 fine (reduced from £236,740 to avoid serious financial hardship) on Sapien...

A recent FT Alphaville article considers the state of play in the ongoing transition from LIBOR and usefully focuses on the market...

The FCA has published its long awaited consultation on the creation of a Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF). The LTAF is an open-ended...

The FT has reported that Ares have raised an €11bn fund.  According to Prequin this will be Europe’s largest fund of its type. In...

The Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement did not specifically address financial services. However, the EU and the UK did commit to...

EU law – current law

EMIR, as amended by EMIR Refit, provides that certain pension scheme arrangements are temporarily exempt from the...

Yesterday the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) jointly issued a policy statement (PS) 6/21 with the Financial Conduct Authority and...

Earlier this week, at the launch of the HM Treasury Women In Finance Charter Annual Review, the FCA’s CEO Nikhil Rathi set out why, as a...

Long trailed and now confirmed: the FCA has announced the future cessation or loss of representativeness of all LIBOR currency-tenor...