Practical, Experience-Based Insights on Financial Regulatory Developments
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…
On 16 December 2025, the European Parliament adopted a significantly streamlined version of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”). This represents a very significant recalibration of the EU’s sustainability reporting regime.
CSRD’s evolution
The CSRD represents the EU’s flagship framework for mandatory sustainability reporting. Originally designed to apply to a broad range of EU and…
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:
17 November – Liquidity Management RTS: The European Commission has adopted Delegated Regulations containing regulatory technical standards (RTS) on liquidity management tools under the Alternative…
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:
31 October – FCA Consolidation Review: The UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its findings following a multi-firm review of consolidation in the…
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 22 October 2025, the European Parliament voted against adopting a negotiating mandate on the European Commission’s Omnibus Directive – a proposal to simplify and streamline sustainability reporting and due diligence obligations under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (“CSDDD”).
The vote was narrowly…
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.
On 8 October 2025, the European Parliament’s Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group ultimately accepted the European People’s Party (EPP)’s position on the Omnibus Directive, which revises the scope of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).
The next step is for the…
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