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On 4 October 2021, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) published a circular (with appendices) and a report on operational resilience and remote working. Read more
The option to participate in collective assurance activities is welcome, but this article which was originally published in the September 2021 edition of Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law makes the case for more guidance. 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 August 2021.Read more
On 15 July, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its 2021/22 Business Plan. In our briefing, we highlight key points from Mr Rathi's speech, drawing on additional context provided by the Business Plan. We then discuss the priorities which FCA has set out in the Business Plan itself. 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 June 2021.Read more
With the UK regulators' operational resilience policy package finalised at the end of March, an early May speech from Lyndon Nelson, PRA Deputy CEO & Executive Director of Regulatory Operations and Supervisory Risk Specialists was well-timed. Mr Nelson's authoritative voice has guided the evolution of operational resilience as a regulatory – or perhaps more particularly, a supervisory – concept for a number of years on both the UK and the global stages. Read more
At the end of March, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published the Policy Statement (PS7/21) and the Supervisory Statement (SS2/21) which set out its expectations of PRA-regulated firms regarding outsourcing and third party risk management. The publications are part of the wider operational resilience policy package released jointly with the Bank of England (the Bank) and the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). In this post, we briefly explain the background to these publications and review the implications for both PRA-regulated firms and service providers. Read more
The latest edition of our Regulation in Focus podcast series features Clive Cunningham and Andrew Procter, both partners in our FSR practice, in conversation about the milestone publication of the UK regulators’ final policies on operational resilience. The discussion ranges from the challenges for senior managers to the nuances of setting impact tolerances in dual regulated firms to the wider global context. Read more
We are pleased to share our publication on Fintech: Latest UK Legal and Regulatory Trends. The publication covers a range of different topics – from big issues such as the overarching UK reform agenda through to some of the day-to-day issues that the Fintech industry is currently grappling with – and highlights some current key trends for Fintech. Read more
