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Catherine Pluck (UK)

After much speculation regarding the fate of various outstanding FCA initiatives in relation to investigation announcements, D&I and non-financial misconduct, last week the FCA confirmed that:

1. it will no longer take forward the following proposals:

  1. to implement a new public interest test for announcing investigations into regulated firms (known as the ‘name and shame’

Following publication of the government’s guidance in November 2024 and ahead of the new offence coming into force on 1 September 2025, UK Finance has published guidance for the financial services sector on failure to prevent fraud (FtPF) which it says “should be taken into account by a supervisory or enforcement agency when

On 6 February 2025 the House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee published its report entitled ‘Naming and shaming: how not to regulate’ on the FCA’s November 2024 CP24/2, Part 2 regarding the controversial ‘name and shame’ proposals (which we summarised here). Responses to the FCA’s consultation are due next Monday 17th February

To all of our global readers we would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We will resume posting material following the festive period on 7 January 2025 although if there are any significant developments we will endeavour to provide an update.

On 28 November 2024 the FCA published CP24/2, Part 2 in relation to its controversial ‘name and shame’ proposals, having trailed this in oral evidence before the House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee earlier this month. In the paper, the CP24/2 proposals have been re-drafted with a view to addressing the concerns raised about

In February this year the FCA sent a survey to over 1,000 regulated wholesale financial services firms asking a series of questions about incidents of non-financial misconduct recorded by the firms in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. In this latest Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus episode, Katie Stephen, Hannah Meakin, Simon Lovegrove and Catherine Pluck

In our latest podcast, our global Financial Services team discusses promotional messages on social media platforms, covering recent regulatory and enforcement developments in the UK, US and Dubai, as well as practical steps that global firms can be taking now in this area to manage their risk.

Listen to the episode here.

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In our latest podcast, our global Financial Services team covers recent regulatory and enforcement developments in the UK, US, Australia and Dubai in relation to off-channel messaging, as well as practical steps that global firms can be taking now in this area to manage their risk.

Listen to the episode here.

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Earlier this year the UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published its plan and budget for 2024-25 (the 24-25 Plan), setting out its revised strategic objectives. The FRC is aiming for a year of “consolidation and prioritisation”, with a key priority being to further embed the FRC’s ‘growth duty’ into all regulatory decision