8/30/2025 7:14:56 PM EBA Publishes Final Draft RTS: A New Step Towards Harmonising Crypto Asset Exposures By Alexander Glos Holger Hartenfels Daniel Klingenbrunn On 5 August 2025, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published its final report on the draft regulatory technical standards (Draft RTS)...
8/28/2025 8:17:43 PM Road to CRD: What’s Changing for Fit and Proper Requirements and Board Governance in Germany? By Janina Heinz Alicia Hildner Jan Struckmann Falko Glasow +1 more... Show less Road to CRD 6 – What’s Changing for Fit and Proper Requirements and Board Governance in Germany? After much anticipation, the German...
8/22/2025 8:48:15 AM Road to CRD 6 – Good things come to those who wait – or do they? The German implementation of Article 21c By Jan Struckmann Alexander Glos Falko Glasow The long awaited and highly anticipated German draft act for the implementation of Directive (EU) 2024/1619 (CRD 6) has finally been...
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...
8/1/2025 3:27:38 PM The end of the road for a UK Green Taxonomy By Douglas Bryden Emily Smith Fran Kaehr On 15 July 2025, the government confirmed that it will not proceed with a UK Green Taxonomy (the UK Taxonomy), marking the end of a...
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...
7/7/2025 2:38:39 PM A step closer to mandatory transition plans for UK-regulated financial institutions and FTSE 100 companies By Elisabeth Overland Anthea Bowater Maisie Stewart Eve Brooks Mira Dimitrova +2 more... Show less On 25 June 2025, the UK government launched a consultation on mandatory disclosure of climate transition plans for UK-regulated financial...
7/2/2025 5:35:32 PM Council adopts position on PSD3 and PSR – key take-aways By Alexander Glos Alicia Hildner Jimena Gonzalez Eva Schneider Daniel Klingenbrunn +2 more... Show less On 18 June 2025, the Council of the European Union formally approved its negotiating mandates on the legislative proposals relating to...
7/1/2025 12:34:24 PM Closing the advice gap: FCA consults on detailed proposals for targeted support By James Smethurst Elisabeth Overland Shuke Wen Phoebe Campbell +1 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper (CP25/17) on 30 June 2025 setting out its detailed proposals for...
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...
6/13/2025 9:29:29 AM PISCES Q&A – key features of the world’s first regulated crossover market By Tom Godwin Richard Ho Jennifer McCarthy The FCA has now published its final rules for prospective operators of the new PISCES platforms (Private Intermittent Securities and...