On 28 February 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued Handbook Notice 127.
This Handbook Notice describes the changes to the FCA Handbook and other material made by the FCA Board under their legislative and other statutory powers on 30 January and 27 February 2025.
On 30 January 2025, the FCA Board approved these instruments which were set out in Policy Statement 25/1:
- Commodity Derivatives (Position Limits, Position Management and Perimeter) Instrument 2025.
- Markets in Financial Instruments (Non-Equity Transparency Rules) (Amendment) Instrument 2025.
- Technical Standards (Commodity Derivatives) (Position Limits, Management and Reporting) Instrument 2025.
On 27 February 2025, the FCA Board approved the Consumer Credit (Regulatory Reporting) (Amendment) Instrument 2025. On 6 December 2024, the FCA published Consultation Paper 24/26 (CP24/26) which set out certain miscellaneous amendments to the Handbook including amendments to SUP 16.11, SUP 16 Annex 20G and SUP 16 Annex 21R, to clarify or improve the wording for better understanding in relation to consumer credit product sales data reporting. In Handbook Notice 127 the FCA provides feedback on this part of CP24/26 and sets out final rules.
The FCA Board also approved the Sustainability Labelling and Disclosure of Sustainability-Related Financial Information (Amendment) Instrument 2025. In CP24/26 the FCA consulted on amendments to the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) sourcebook and certain guidance provisions in other related sourcebooks for the purposes of clarifying certain existing rules and giving proper effect to the policy proposals consulted upon in Consultation Paper 22/20 and finalised in Policy Statement 23/16. In Handbook Notice 127 the FCA provides feedback on this part of CP24/26 and sets out final rules.