3/28/2025 3:54:11 PM The future of open banking: UK, EU, and US perspectives By Claire Harrop David Sewell Daniel Klingenbrunn Christopher Bernard Katrina Paliukenas +2 more... Show less Open banking promises to unlock innovation and empower customers by enabling financial information to be shared between traditional banks...
3/28/2025 2:54:18 PM The FCA’s Consumer Duty rule review: a spring clean, but no overhaul By Michael Raffan Christopher Bernard Daniel Tichbi One oft-criticised feature of the UK financial services regime is the complexity and the volume of the FCA’s handbook of rules and...
3/26/2025 9:27:56 AM A Growing Branch of Supply Chain Risk: the Timber Regulations By Matthew Bruce Tahleel Lateef Charlotte Dunn Introduction In recent years, multinational corporations have been under growing regulatory pressure to manage the risks which arise from...
3/24/2025 8:26:55 PM New sanctions legislation targeting sanctions circumvention – what does this mean for financial institutions? By Xiao Zhang Alicia Hildner Alexander Glos Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the EU has drastically tightened sanctions against Russia. Preventing the circumvention...
3/20/2025 12:10:21 PM The CMA announces enforcement priorities with weeks to go before the DMCCA’s new consumer regime comes into force By Andrew Austin Cat Greenwood-Smith Kate Collister Honor May +1 more... Show less With just over two weeks to go until most of the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act 2024’s (DMCCA) consumer protection...
3/20/2025 11:52:57 AM UK Government goes full throttle on its growth agenda: New action plan targets financial services regulators By Michael Raffan Elisabeth Overland Tricia Moffat Christopher Bernard +1 more... Show less On 17 March 2025, the UK Government published a policy paper and accompanying press release outlining a new approach to ensure regulators...
3/19/2025 8:24:57 PM The FCA’s review of private market valuation practices: what it means for firms By Emma Rachmaninov Christopher Bernard Jermaine Francis On 5 March 2025, the FCA published the findings from its multi-firm review of valuation processes for private market assets. In this blog...
3/18/2025 3:17:25 PM Exploratory talks for Germany's future government: Laying the foundation for the path forward By Alex Schmidtke After the collapse of the German government last year and snap elections on 23 February 2025, a new government now appears somewhat...
3/10/2025 11:35:17 AM FCA sets out supervision priorities for asset managers and alternatives firms By Emma Rachmaninov Elisabeth Overland Christopher Bernard Shuke Wen +1 more... Show less On 26 February 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a portfolio letter addressed to CEOs of firms in the asset...
3/7/2025 11:39:29 AM FCA review of ongoing advice services By Emma Rachmaninov Elisabeth Overland Sharon Tong Eden Elder +1 more... Show less On 24 February, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the findings from its review of ongoing advice services provided by 22 of...
3/6/2025 11:49:11 AM UK advertising regulator hones in on “online choice architecture” and “dark patterns” By Andrew Austin Rachel Duffy Honor May On 27 February 2025, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) published an overview of how advertising involving “dark patterns” is...
3/3/2025 11:32:56 AM Shaping Germany’s future: Key takeaways from the 2025 federal election By Alex Schmidtke The 2025 German federal election, held on 23 February 2025, has changed the political landscape of Europe’s largest economy. The...