UK/EU Financial Regulation

Legislation that will subject non-US companies that publicly report in the U.S. to short-swing profits liability rules under Section 16 of the Exchange Act is embedded in the annual defense funding bill that has passed in the House and goes to the Senate as early as next week.  The requirement would apply to companies that…

On 9 December 2025, negotiators from the European Parliament (EP), the Council of the European Union (the Council) and the European Commission reached a provisional political agreement on the final text of their “Omnibus” package amending the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

Though the final text is not yet published, the publicly-available press-releases confirm a…

Welcome to the FinReg Monthly Update, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK, EU and U.S. financial services regulation.

Key developments in November 2025:

Asset Management / Wealth Management

17 November – Liquidity Management RTS: The European Commission has adopted Delegated Regulations containing regulatory technical standards (RTS) on liquidity management tools under the Alternative…

 On 7 November 2025, the European Commission published a call for evidence on proposals to amend the European Union’s Taxonomy legislation. In particular, the call is in relation to two delegated regulations amending the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act ((EU) 2021/2139, the “Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act”) and the Taxonomy Environmental Delegated Act ((EU) 2023/2486…

On 13 November 2025, the European Parliament (“Parliament”) adopted its negotiating position on the review of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”), as part of the European Union’s (“EU”) broader simplification agenda for companies in the so-called “Omnibus”. The Parliament’s position raises the company-size thresholds for entities in scope…

Welcome to the FinReg Monthly Update, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation.

Key developments in October 2025:

Financial Advice / Wealth Management

31 October – FCA Consolidation Review: The UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its findings following a multi-firm review of consolidation in the…

Overview

The UKs Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) today published its multi-firm review of consolidation across the UK financial advice and wealth management sector.

For private equity sponsors, this is the clearest statement yet of how the regulator intends to supervise buy-and-build models. The FCA has not introduced new rules, but it has drawn a line…

With six months to go, fund managers should be ramping up their preparations for complying with the legislative changes to EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (“AIFMD”), commonly referred to as “AIFMD 2.0”, which will come into effect on 16 April 2026. The majority of the changes will apply to EU authorised alternative investment fund…

On October 13, 2025, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (“FCDO”), the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) and His Majesty’s Treasury (“HM Treasury”) confirmed that from January 28, 2026, the UK Sanctions List (“UKSL”) will be the single official source of United Kingdom (UK) sanctions designations.