On 9 February 2023, the European Parliament published a study on recent trends in UK financial sector regulation and possible implications for the EU, including its approach to equivalence. The study summarises and discusses recent trends in financial services legislation and regulation in the UK, divergence between the EU and UK and threats from this … Continue Reading
On 8 December 2022, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a peer review report on Member State competent authorities’ (NCAs) handling of firms’ relocation to the EU in the context of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. The report gives further insight into the supervisory approaches adopted by NCAs when authorising relocating firms … Continue Reading
On 9 April 2021, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a summary of conclusions following its meeting of board of supervisors on 23 February 2021. Among other things the summary refers to co-operation with the UK FCA and meeting its CEO Nikhil Rathi. The summary notes that there was an exchange of views … Continue Reading
On 31 March 2021, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a statement concerning the application of transparency requirements by UK issuers with securities admitted to trading on regulated markets in the EU under Article 4 of the Transparency Directive (TD). ESMA is issuing the statement to promote common supervisory practices among Member State … Continue Reading
On 26 March 2021, HM Treasury issued a press release stating that technical discussions on the text of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was agreed in a Joint Declaration on Financial Services Regulatory Cooperation alongside the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, have now been concluded. The statement adds that formal steps need to be undertaken … Continue Reading
On 4 January 2021, the French regulator (the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution – ACPR) issued a press release reminding UK authorised financial institutions (including those located in Gibraltar) of their obligations towards customers residing in France. As of 1 January 2021, European law is no longer applicable in the United Kingdom (UK). … Continue Reading
As mentioned in our previous post published in April 2019, the French Ministry of Economy and Finance passed a decree dated 22 March 2019 (the March 2019 Decree) implementing the provisions of the ordinance n°2019-75 of 6 February 2019, introducing a contingency plan for the financial services sector in connection with the withdrawal of the … Continue Reading
On 22 March 2019, the French Ministry of Economy and Finance passed a decree (the Decree) implementing the provisions of the ordinance n° 2019-75 of 6 February 2019, introducing a contingency plan for the financial institutions sector in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) (the Ordinance). As … Continue Reading
We are pleased to announce that our Financial Institutions (FI) team will hold a Brexit seminar in February 2019 in Paris. The objective of the seminar is to create awareness of the impact on the European financial institutions industry doing business in the UK after Brexit. Our Paris and London FI experts will give an overview … Continue Reading
The French Prudential Control and Resolution Authority (Autorité du Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution, or ACPR) and the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des Marchés Financiers, or AMF) have announced a joint initiative intended both to reassure certain British institutions (including British subsidiaries of other institutions) as to the possible consequences of a “hard Brexit” … Continue Reading
