Sep 9, 20243 min readFCA announces continued heat on tackling financial crime The FCA wants to target financial crime activities early to prevent the equivalent of the Great Fire of London. Here are our takeaways.
Jun 12, 20231 min readAmending the ban on incentives for high risk investmentsThe FCA have recently announced that they are consulting on minor amendments to the ban on offering retail clients incentives to invest...
Jun 9, 20231 min readFCA policy statement on financial promotion rules for cryptoassetsOn 8th June the FCA announced that the financial promotions regime will apply to crypto assets from 8th October 2023. Rules were also...
Mar 17, 20231 min readFCA to collect Treasury’s economic crime levy (Anti-Money Laundering) from JulyThe Government has introduced an economic crime levy (ECL) to fund its fight against the rise in economic crime and money laundering. The...
Jan 27, 20231 min readNew Financial Resilience Survey for FCA solo-regulated firms.In October 2022 the FCA published a consultation paper (CP22/19) with proposals to replace the FCA Financial Resilience Survey with a new...
Sep 26, 20221 min readBroadening access to the Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF), Last month the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launched a consultation paper (CP22/14) on broadening access to the Long Term Asset Fund...
Mar 10, 20221 min readFour "Buy-Now-Pay-Later" firms agree to change ‘potentially unfair terms’ for customersFour major "Buy-Now-Pay-Later" firms have agreed change ‘potentially unfair and unclear terms and conditions’ after an intervention from...
Jul 8, 20211 min readDiversity consultation from FCA and PRAMuch more needs to be done to create a truly diverse and inclusive financial services sector according to the UK regulators, FCA and PRA....
May 7, 20201 min readRegulatory reporting during lockdownThe FCA has updated the list of regulatory reports which they are willing to delay. Usefully for many this incluses the CASS audit...