On 5 February 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a report titled ‘Implementing Technology Change’, which sets out findings from its review into how financial services firms manage technology change, the impact of change failures, and industry practices to help reduce the impact of incidents resulting from change management. Read more

In this blog post, we round-up forthcoming developments in the UK and at EU and International levels in financial services regulation which are expected for February 2021. Read more

In this blog post, we round-up forthcoming developments in the UK and at EU and International levels in financial services regulation which are expected for January 2021. Read more

In this blog post, we round-up forthcoming developments in the UK and at EU and International levels in financial services regulation which are expected for November 2020. Read more

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP have published an article in Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s proposals for regulating climate-related disclosures and the litigation risks which may arise for issuers from such proposals. Read more

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo), and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK) have all published consultation papers reaffirming the regulators’ continued focus on culture and conduct, and keeping ‘bad apples’ out of financial institutions (FI) and public companies. Read more

Welcome to the August 2020 edition of our corporate crime update - our round up of developments in relation to corruption, money laundering, fraud, sanctions and related matters. Read more

On 31 July 2020, the PRA published a Consultation Paper (CP12/20) on its proposed approach to implementing the CRD V Directive ((EU) 2019/878) in the UK. This will be relevant to banks, building societies and PRA-designated investment firms. Read more