In the latest episode of our mini-series on the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech and Leeds Reforms, Katie Stephen, Matthew Gregory, Haney Saadah and Catherine Pluck discuss the proposals in relation to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, as well as the proposals around authorisations.
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In this podcast Matthew Gregory, Haney Saadah and Janna Garcia discuss the Financial Conduct Authority’s recent multi-firm review of risk management and wind-down planning
at e-money and payments firms alongside the regulator’s Dear CEO letter from earlier this year which outlined the FCA’s priorities for payments firms.
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On 4 July 2025, the European Commission (Commission) adopted a Delegated Regulation amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178 as regards the simplification of the content and presentation of information to be disclosed concerning environmentally sustainable activities and Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) 2021/2139 and (EU) 2023/2486 as regards simplification of certain technical screening criteria
This podcast is the second in a mini-series discussing risk assessments, which are the cornerstone of an effective risk and compliance program and necessary in a number of areas to meet UK regulatory requirements. The first of our podcasts in the series focused on the new failure to prevent fraud offence which comes into force
On 25 April 2025, the European Banking Authority (EBA) announced the publication of an ESG dashboard.
Background
The ESG dashboard is based on information disclosed by banks as part of their Pillar 3 ESG disclosures.
It covers climate risk, both from a transition and a physical perspective.
The indicators show the spectrum of
On 1 April 2025, the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance (Platform) published a report ‘Advancing Sustainable Finance: Technical Criteria for New Activities & First Review of the Climate Delegated Act’. In the report the Platform responds to the European Commission’s request to review and provide recommended amendments to the technical screening criteria
In this latest episode of our podcast series, Let’s talk asset management, Matthew Gregory, Haney Saadah and Simon Lovegrove discuss the FCA’s ‘naming and marketing’ rules under the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements. These rules came into force on 2 December 2024 although some firms have taken the ‘temporary flexibility’ offered by the FCA which gives firms
On 2 December 2024, the European Commission issued a set of FAQs to support stakeholders in the implementation of the EU taxonomy.
The FAQs provide technical clarifications regarding various elements of the EU taxonomy. Among other things, they cover the application of general taxonomy requirements and technical screening criteria for specific activities included in the
On 19 November 2024, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) together with the European Central Bank (ECB) issued the results of the one-off ‘Fit-for-55’ climate scenarios analysis.
Fit-for-55
The ‘Fit-for-55’ package is a set of legislative proposals and policy initiatives designed as part of the European Green Deal with the aim of
On 14 November 2024, HM Treasury (HMT) published its response document to its earlier consultation on the future regulatory regime for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings providers.
Earlier consultation
Previously HMT issued a consultation on the regulation of ESG ratings providers on 30 March 2023, and this closed on 30