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Welcome to the FinReg Monthly Update, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK, EU and international financial services regulation.
Key Developments in July 2026:
31 July – FCA Handbook: The FCA has published Handbook Notice 143, which sets out changes to the FCA Handbook made…
On 14 July 2026, HM Treasury published the draft Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2026 (the “Draft AIFM Regulations”) and an accompanying policy note (the “HMT Policy Note”), setting out proposed legislative changes to the UK AIFM framework. On the same day, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published three consultation papers designed to streamline the…
Welcome to the FinReg Monthly Update, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK, EU and international financial services regulation.
Key Developments in June 2026:
General Financial Services – Cross Sector
29 June – Consumer Duty: The FCA has published a consultation paper (CP26/23) on changes to the scope and proportionality of the…
On 29 June 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Consultation Paper CP26/22, Simplifying the insurance rules — A package of proposals on the scope of our rules, disclosure and advice. This is the second phase of the FCA’s insurance simplification programme, following Policy Statement PS25/21 in December 2025 and earlier exploratory…
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 April 2026:
29 April 2026 – BoE/PRA: The Bank of England and the PRA have published finalised statements of policy outlining their approach…
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 January 2026:
2 February – Client Categorisation: The United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority’s (“FCA”) consultation paper (CP25/36) on its proposals to amend the client…
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 December 2025:
18 December – AIFMD 2.0 Liquidity Management Tools: European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published an amended version of its guidelines on…
On 15 December 2025, HM Treasury took a significant step towards establishing a UK regulatory regime for cryptoassets by laying the draft ‘Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Cryptoassets) Regulations 2005’ (the “Draft Order”) before Parliament.
The Draft Order aims to set the statutory foundation for a new UK cryptoasset regulatory regime…
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…
On 7 October 2025, the FCA published a consultation paper (the “Consultation”) on an industry-wide scheme to compensate motor finance customers who were treated unfairly between 2007 and 2024 (the “Motor Finance Consumer Redress Scheme”). The FCA has also set out steps and its expectations before finalisation of the Motor Finance…
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