12/2/2025 1:20:43 PM From EU legacy to UK innovation: FCA consults on short selling changes By Chris Ranson James Smethurst Christopher Bernard The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Consultation Paper CP25/29 setting out proposed rules and guidance to implement the...
11/20/2025 9:24:02 AM Turning regulatory clarity into a competitive edge: insights from the DRCF’s AI & Digital Hub Report By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Sophia Doan The Digital Regulation Co-operation Forum (DRCF) brings together the UK’s four key digital regulators – the Financial Conduct Authority...
11/13/2025 5:10:48 PM FCA multi-firm review into consolidation trends in the financial advice and wealth management sector prompts reassessment of acquisition and integration strategies By James Smethurst Elisabeth Overland Borja Ruiz De Gopegui Holly Alexander +1 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published findings from its recent multi-firm review into consolidation trends in the financial...
10/21/2025 8:58:30 AM Tokenising the future: FCA consults on progressing fund tokenisation By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Julia Robilliard-Smith Holly Alexander +1 more... Show less On 14 October 2025, the FCA published a consultation paper (CP25/28) setting out its proposals to facilitate the adoption of tokenisation...
10/20/2025 11:51:04 AM FCA refines Consumer Duty By Michael Raffan Elisabeth Overland Sophia Doan Lulu Valentine +1 more... Show less On 30 September 2025, the FCA released a series of important updates on the Consumer Duty: A letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer,...
9/30/2025 2:14:16 PM Reshaping UK payments regulation: HM Treasury consults on consolidating the PSR within the FCA By Michael Raffan Noah Schmidt Holly Alexander The UK's payments landscape is on the cusp of significant regulatory change. In March 2025, the UK government announced that it would...
8/14/2025 4:53:31 PM Freshfields webinar—The UK government’s new financial services strategy: a catalyst for growth? By Martin McElwee Craig Dewar Gareth Davies Lloyd Rees Christopher Bernard +2 more... Show less On the evening of Tuesday 15 July 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, delivered her second Mansion House speech, in...
7/28/2025 7:26:00 AM The DPC Frontier: FCA Charges Ahead on Regulating Buy Now, Pay Later By Claire Harrop Cyrus Pocha Tricia Moffat In our previous blog post (here) on Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL), we examined the UK Government’s proposals to bring interest-free BNPL...
7/17/2025 2:55:08 PM The UK government’s new financial services strategy: a catalyst for growth? By Michael Raffan Emma Rachmaninov James Smethurst Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Christopher Bernard +3 more... Show less On the evening of Tuesday 15 July 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, delivered her second Mansion House speech, in...
7/10/2025 10:28:13 AM E-money and payment firms face FCA scrutiny over risk management and wind-down planning By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Tricia Moffat On 20 June 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its findings following a multi-firm review into risk management and...
6/23/2025 3:19:34 PM How (not) to regulate for growth: House of Lords committee report on the UK regulators’ secondary international competitiveness and growth objective By Cyrus Pocha Emily Smith Fran Kaehr On 13 June 2025, the House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee (the Committee) published its report on the secondary...
6/12/2025 3:56:15 PM FCA proposes rules for stablecoin issuers and cryptoasset custodians By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Borja Ruiz De Gopegui Noah Schmidt +1 more... Show less On 28 May 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation setting out its proposed rules for the two newly regulated...