Anti-money laundering (AML) risk is no longer a peripheral concern in M&A – it’s a central deal issue. As enforcement ramps up across...
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On 24 April 2025, the FCA released a consultation paper CP 25/10 on the definition of capital for FCA investment firms. The FCA says it...
Late last month, the PRA published a Dear CRO letter which sets out the main findings of its thematic review into UK regulated banks’...
In a 2021 speech, Sam Woods, the CEO of the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), stated that one of the regulator’s focuses for...
Following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and several other U.S. small and mid-sized banks in March 2023, U.S. regulators have...
Regulators and standard-setters, domestic and international, are worrying about the potential for investment funds to pose risks to...
On Monday 24 April 2023 both the Pensions Regulator (TPR) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued new guidance on leveraged...
The recent Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) reform of regulations applying to operational...
Following its previous work on a new “strong and simple” prudential framework for non-systemic UK banks and building societies (see our...
On 26 September 2022, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, BaFin)...
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has published its “Principles for the effective management and supervision of...
The OECD has published a consultation on the exclusion of certain Financial Services entities from pillar one of its two-pillar solution...