- Eliminates the concept of the Qualified
Spotlight
What’s next for 2026? New briefing note – Horizon scanning: UK regulatory topics to look out for in 2026
Looking ahead into the new year, our latest briefing note looks at key regulatory topics for 2026 that will have a significant impact on institutions operating in the UK financial services space. This includes not every single reform but those that we expect to be the most significant as well as key regulatory enforcement developments.
New briefing note – Cryptoasset Trading Platforms: What are the latest proposals?
In our latest briefing note we look at the top 10 points for cryptoasset trading platforms to be aware of from FCA CP25/40 and CP25/42, in relation to activity specific and prudential requirements.
Global Asset Management Review – Issue 4
- Update on the UK listed fund sector.
- Overview of funds market and fundraising environment.
- Tokenisation from pilot to practice: A UK manager’s guide
Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus: FCA consultation on the Transaction Reporting Regime
In the latest episode of Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus Hannah Meakin, Georgia Karamani and Charlotte Carnegie discuss the recent consultation published by the Financial Conduct Authority on proposed changes intended to improve the transaction reporting regime.
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Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus: EMEA APAC insights series: Episode 25 – Update from the UAE and Saudi on key regulatory issues
- The new CBUAE AML Law and the new Central Bank governing law.
- CBUAE’s 2025 Exchange Business Regulations and potential overlaps with existing retail payment services and stored value facility
New briefing note – Sterling denominated stablecoins: Insights from the Bank of England’s consultation
On 10 November 2025, the Bank of England (BoE) published two papers that could materially reshape how payments and certain financial services operate in the United Kingdom. The first is a consultation paper, “Proposed regulatory regime for sterling-denominated systemic stablecoins.” This sets out a proposed prudential and supervisory regime for those sterling-denominated stablecoins…
November on-demand: Open Finance in focus and AML trends for retail and wealth financial services
Missed them? Our two global webinars from November are now available on-demand.
Open Finance in focus. Our Global Financial Services Regulation team were joined by Simone Plances, Smart Data Accelerator Manager at the FCA, who explored the FCA’s tech sprints and how the regulator is approaching the March 2026 roadmap. We also covered developments across…
Let’s talk asset management: Episode 22 – FCA multi-firm review of consolidation in the financial advice and wealth management sector
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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Regulation Around the World – Issue 16: Basel 3.1 implementation
In this latest issue of Regulation Around the World we look at how regulators have implemented the Basel 3.1 reforms, asking eight key questions in the following jurisdictions: United Kingdom, United States, EU, Luxembourg, France, Italy, Turkey, Netherlands, Australia, South Africa and the UAE. For European jurisdictions we add one further topical question outside of…