2/25/2025 12:21:56 PM The FCA reports on climate change adaptation challenges for UK financial services firms By James Smethurst Elisabeth Overland Sharon Tong The FCA identifies climate adaptation challenges for financial services firms Every five years, the UK government produces an assessment...
2/12/2025 5:15:29 PM Treading a fine line: Simplification or deregulation? A view on financial services and the European Commission's 2025 work programme By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Jimena Gonzalez On 11 February 2025, the European Commission published its 2025 work programme, accompanied by a Communication on implementation and...
2/7/2025 10:55:48 AM The new UK regime for public offer platforms: the FCA consults on further proposals By Claire Harrop Tom Godwin Richard Ho Christopher Bernard Jennifer McCarthy Eden Elder +3 more... Show less An important element of the UK’s new public offers and admissions to trading regime is the introduction of the public offer platform...
2/6/2025 7:07:09 PM Amendments to the Investment Ordinance (AnlV): more infrastructure, risk capital and flexibility By Theresa Kreft Laura Druckenbrodt David Schwintowski Jonas Regener +1 more... Show less The German version of this article is available here. The government’s draft bill of the 2nd Company Pension Strengthening Act of 18...
2/6/2025 5:40:12 PM Änderung der Anlageverordnung: mehr Infrastruktur, Risikokapital und Flexibilität By Theresa Kreft Laura Druckenbrodt David Schwintowski Jonas Regener +1 more... Show less Die englische Version dieses Artikels finden Sie hier. Der Regierungsentwurf zum 2. Betriebsrentenstärkungsgesetz vom 18. September 2024,...
2/6/2025 12:15:44 PM FCA publicity consultation: ‘How not to regulate’ By Lucy Clark The House of Lord’s Financial Services Regulation Committee has today published its report on the FCA’s publicity consultation, Naming...
2/5/2025 2:13:42 PM UK FCA sets out key expectations of payments firms in “Dear CEO” letter By Claire Harrop Janice Leung Christy Lee On 3 February 2025, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a Dear CEO letter to payments firms that are supervised by the...
1/31/2025 11:32:47 AM Top risks for asset managers in the UK in 2025 By Piers Reynolds Anthea Bowater Benjamin Ng Min Ee Phang +1 more... Show less With challenging market conditions, a significant amount of consolidation in the industry and the introduction of several important...
1/31/2025 10:20:37 AM ICT services amongst financial entities - EU Commission clarifies scope of DORA’s ICT third-party risk management obligations By Hans-Ulrich Klöppel Janina Heinz Daniel Klingenbrunn John-Markus Maddaloni +1 more... Show less With the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), the EU has set new standards for managing ICT risk in the financial sector. It not...
1/22/2025 3:28:25 PM UK financial services enforcement themes and looking ahead By Thomas Clark Sharon Grennan Although 2024 has not seen a return to the levels of fines and outcomes of the pre-financial crisis era, there has been a notable uptick...
12/2/2024 3:50:58 PM Regulating cryptoassets in the UK: a guide to the road ahead By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Christopher Bernard Finally! Avid readers of Freshfields blogs might remember from our post last autumn that the UK government and financial regulators in...
11/29/2024 10:14:09 AM The EBA’s New Guidelines: Integrating Sanctions Compliance into Governance and Risk Management Frameworks of EU Financial Institutions By Dr. Stephan Denk Florian Klimscha Lukas Pomaroli Eva Schneider Tensin Studer Katharina Galavics +3 more... Show less Key Takeaways for Financial Institutions Harmonised Standards for Sanctions Compliance:The European Banking Authority (EBA)’s new...