The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 introduces a requirement for the FCA to exercise new functions for the purpose of “seeking to ensure reasonable provision of cash access services in the United Kingdom, or a part of the United Kingdom”. In this Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast Matthew Gregory and Simon Lovegrove discuss HM Treasury’s … Continue Reading
In our latest Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast, Senior Knowledge Lawyer Catherine Pluck is joined by London Financial Services partners Jonathan Herbst and Katie Stephen, who discuss some recent regulatory developments in relation to culture, as well as some practical steps that firms can be taking in this area. The podcast can be found here.… Continue Reading
In the latest episode of our Split the difference podcast series, which explores divergence and convergence between the EU and UK regulatory regimes in the markets space, Jonathan Herbst, Hannah Meakin, Floortje Nagelkerke, Anna Carrier and Catherine Pluck discuss Consolidated Tape in the EU and UK. The episode can be found here.… Continue Reading
In the latest in our podcast series, Split the difference, which explores divergence between the EU and UK regulatory regimes in the markets space, Jonathan Herbst, Hannah Meakin, Floortje Nagelkerke and Simon Lovegrove explore the regulatory approach to branches.… Continue Reading
On Tuesday 11 July 2023, we will be hosting a global webinar, focussing on asset management regulation, with perspectives from across the globe. Our global financial services and regulation team will provide a global comparison on the asset management regulatory landscape across key jurisdictions including the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia and the US. Our team … Continue Reading
On 7 June 2023, the government published The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment) Order 2023 which is the statutory instrument which extends the scope of the UK’s financial promotion regime to cover cryptoassets. The day after the statutory instrument was published, the FCA published Policy Statement 23/6 which sets out the … Continue Reading
In this podcast Jonathan Herbst, Matthew Gregory and Simon Lovegrove discuss the pros and cons of the Memorandum of Understanding establishing a framework for financial services regulatory cooperation between the EU and the UK.… Continue Reading
Our latest episode of Regulation Tomorrow Plus is now available and can be found here. In this podcast, Senior Knowledge Lawyer Catherine Pluck is joined by Counsel Joe Smallshaw and Associate Lizzie Cox, both of whom specialise in regulatory investigations and enforcement, to discuss some of the key themes arising from the UK Financial Conduct … Continue Reading
In the latest in our podcast series, split the difference, which explores divergence between the EU and UK regulatory regimes in the markets space, Floortje Nagelkerke, Hannah Meakin, Anna Carrier, Lucy Axford and Simon Lovegrove discuss the recent and upcoming changes to EMIR. This includes the EMIR 3.0 proposal, the clearing obligation for pension scheme … Continue Reading
In this podcast, Matthew Gregory is joined by Claudia Trauffler (Head of Capital Markets, HM Treasury) who discusses the Government’s plans to revoke the PRIIPs Regulation and UK retain disclosure reform generally.… Continue Reading
In two recent webinars, we explore some of the key situations in which AI liability can arise and consider what businesses (including financial institutions) can do to manage these risks. Regulatory liability – In this session, we explore the regulatory framework that governs the use of AI through the lens of the proposed EU AI … Continue Reading
In the latest in our podcast series, Split the difference, which explores divergence between the EU and UK regulatory regimes in the markets space, Hannah Meakin, Albert Weatherill, Floortje Nagelkerke and Anna Carrier explore some of the markets dimensions of the regulatory reforms involving cryptoassets.… Continue Reading
In this podcast, Matthew Gregory and Simon Lovegrove discuss HM Treasury’s final consultation on the proposed legislative changes to bring currently unregulated buy-now-pay-later products into scope of the UK Consumer Credit Act 1974, and FCA regulation.… Continue Reading
In the latest in our podcast series, Split the difference, which explores divergence between the EU and UK regulatory regimes in the markets space, Jonathan Herbst, Hannah Meakin and Anna Carrier discuss ESMA’s recent opinion on the trading venue perimeter and compare it to the FCA’s proposals in CP22/18.… Continue Reading
In this podcast, Matthew Gregory and Simon Lovegrove discuss the FCA’s findings following its review of larger fixed firms’ Consumer Duty implementation plans. In particular, they consider the good and poor practice that the FCA has highlighted and what steps firms should be taking in the run up to the 31 July deadline.… Continue Reading
In this episode of RT Plus on ESG, Haney Saadah touches on the FCA’s recent consultation paper on sustainability disclosure requirements. He also looks the importance of terminology and why the “S” and “G” parts of ESG are as important as the “E” part. He also provides his views on how firms will approach their … Continue Reading
In this episode of RT Plus focusing on the Financial Services and Markets Bill, Jonathan Herbst provides a general update on the Bill following its passage through the Committee Stage Spotify/ Apple podcasts… Continue Reading
In this episode, following the FCA’s interim 31st October deadline, Jonathan Herbst, Matthew Gregory, Joe Bamford and Iain Hawthorn focus on where firm’s should be now, and the key things they need to consider in taking forward their implementation plans for the new Consumer Duty. The discussion includes the steps that firms need to take … Continue Reading
Against the backdrop of recent turmoil in the crypto market and with increasing regulatory scrutiny in this area, understanding the regulators’ approach to investigations and enforcement and how best to avoid the common pitfalls is even more of a priority. In the latest webinar of our financial services crypto series, members of our global financial … Continue Reading
In the first in our global series of regulatory podcasts focussing on conduct issues, financial services partners from Australia, United Kingdom and the United States cover the rising cost of living, vulnerable customers and consumer duty. (Apple Podcasts / Spotify)… Continue Reading
In our latest podcast on the Financial Services and Markets Bill, Jonathan Herbst and Glenn Hall cover the politics behind the Bill (Apple podcasts / Spotify).… Continue Reading
In our latest podcast on the Financial Services and Markets Bill, Simon Lovegrove and Emily Stone cover the Bill’s provisions on EU retained law (Apple podcasts / Spotify).… Continue Reading
The Norton Rose Fulbright annual Markets Infrastructure seminar is back! Please join us from 15:45 – 19:00 on Thursday, 8 September 2022 for an update and discussion on key topics in the world of trade and post-trade. The seminar will be of interest to legal, compliance and risk professionals working with the buy and sell … Continue Reading
In our latest podcast on the Financial Services and Markets Bill, Matthew Gregory and Hannah Meakin take a closer look at the Bill’s provisions on financial promotion (Apple podcasts / Spotify). … Continue Reading