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The FCA has published its long-awaited consultation on 'duty of care' which has morphed into a proposed package of measures intended to deliver better outcomes for consumers – together a new 'Consumer Duty'. The consultation, which is open until 31 July 2021, proposes: a new Consumer Principle that provides an overarching standard of conduct; and a set of Cross‑cutting Rules and four Outcomes that support the Consumer Principle. The proposals apply to regulated products and services sold to 'retail clients' which would include SMEs. 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
On 31 March 2021, Mark Steward, Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight at the FCA delivered a keynote speech on compliance, culture and evolving regulatory expectations to an audience at NYU Law School’s virtual conference on Compliance, Culture, and ESG. We discuss some of the key messages and implications for firms. 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 May 2021.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
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 March 2021.Read more
Operational resilience is the next phase in the evolution of financial services regulatory policy. Regulators’ expectations are increasing – but it’s an evolution rather than a revolution; firms – more specifically firms’ senior managers – must “join the dots” across a range of practical risk management and governance activities. To help keep you up to date on the upcoming regulatory expectations, we are pleased to announce the launch of our new #OperationalResilience hub. Read more
In our 24 February webinar, our cross-practice panel of experts from Hong Kong, Singapore and London will discuss operational resilience. This webinar will be of interest to senior management, legal, compliance, risk management, regulatory, data privacy, information security and corporate communications professionals who are responsible for managing, responding to and preventing significant disruptive incidents. Read more
