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Welcome to the Winter 2021 edition of our corporate crime update – our round up of developments in relation to corruption, money laundering, fraud, sanctions and related matters. Our update now covers a number of jurisdictions. Read more
For some time now, the FCA has been concerned by the potential harm to consumers and markets that it considers can be caused by the use of the appointed representatives (AR) regime. Read more
The FCA has published CP 21/36 which includes proposed new rules and guidance setting out a Consumer Duty which it considers will "fundamentally shift the mindset of firms" and establish an appropriate level of care to consumers. The consultation is open until 15 February 2022 and the FCA expects to confirm any final rules by the end of July 2022. Read more
We are pleased to announce the launch of our Global FSR Outlook 2022. In this annual publication, our FSR team surveys the regulatory landscape for 2022 and identifies themes that we expect to be at the core of regulatory priorities globally over the next 12 months.
On December 2, 2021, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury took several actions to increase sanctions pressure on Belarusian government. Read more
With a month to go until the Investment Firms Prudential Regime (IFPR) starts to apply on 1 January 2022, the FCA has published its final policy statement (PS21/17). PS21/17 contains final rules and feedback to the FCA's third consultation on IFPR, CP21/26. The FCA has made some relatively minor adjustments and clarifications and affected firms should consider how to factor in these changes within their IFPR implementation. Read more
Since 10 January 2021, cryptoasset exchange providers and custodian wallet providers with operations in the UK have been required to register with, and be supervised for, anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing (AML/CTF) purposes by the FCA. For crypto businesses which do not carry on any investment, payment services, e-money or other UK regulated business, this relatively limited regime is the main tool currently available to UK financial services regulators in this emerging sector. Read more
When the UK authorities published their final policy on operational resilience at the end of March 2021, it was broadly acknowledged – including by the PRA itself – that the operational resilience landscape would continue to develop. The latest act on the UK stage is the PRA's proposals to apply the group provisions in the Operational Resilience Part of the PRA Rulebook relevant to Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) firms to holding companies. 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 December 2021 and January 2022.Read more
