In the latest episode of our Let’s talk asset management series Hannah Meakin, Lucy Dodson and Charlotte Carnegie discuss the FCA’s recent multi-firm review of consolidation in the financial advice and wealth management sector, in which the FCA sets out its observations, examples of good practice and areas of increased risk.
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In the latest episode of Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus Hannah Meakin, Georgia Karamani and Charlotte Carnegie discuss the recent consultations published by HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority on proposed changes to the intragroup exemption under the UK European Market Infrastructure Regulation (UK EMIR).
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In the latest episode of our Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast series, Hannah Meakin and Simon Lovegrove discuss the two papers that the Bank of England has recently issued on sterling‑denominated systemic stablecoins – a consultation paper on the “Regulatory Framework for Sterling Systemic Stablecoins” and a financial stability paper on “The role of holding
On 10 November 2025, the Bank of England (BoE) published a consultation paper setting out its proposed regulatory regime for sterling-denominated systemic stablecoins.
Overview
Sterling-denominated systemic stablecoins are a new type of digital money designed to maintain a stable value and could be used for retail payments and wholesale settlement in the future.
On 21 October 2025, HM Treasury published a Consultation Response providing details of responses to its 2023 consultation on the reform of the anti-money laundering/ counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) supervision regime and confirming that the Government has decided that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) should become the single professional services supervisor for
On 14 October 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a Consultation Paper (CP25/28) setting out proposals to encourage the adoption of tokenisation and tokenised funds in the UK.
We have now released a new briefing note on the FCA’s latest proposals and what this means for firms.
In this special edition of our podcast series, Split the Difference, Hannah Meakin, Matthew Gregory and Ben Hilary are joined by Andrea Huber of Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law to discuss the Berne Financial Services Agreement (BFSA). After setting out the background to the BFSA and where both countries have got to with regard to implementation
On 14 October 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper (CP25/28) proposing new rules in relation to fund tokenisation and direct-to-fund (D2F) dealing.
Background
The FCA explained that it is proposing new requirements in order to support innovation in the UK asset management sector, while putting
In the fifth episode of our new mini-series covering UK cryptoasset regulation Hannah Meakin, Matt Gregory and Charlotte Carnegie discuss the FCA’s proposed application of certain parts of the FCA Handbook in relation to Regulated Cryptoasset Activities.
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On 17 September 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a Consultation Paper (CP25/25) setting out proposals for certain rules and guidance that would apply to Cryptoasset Firms once they are brought into the authorisation regime.
We have now released a new briefing note on CP25/25, explaining the FCA’s key proposals.