On 7 March 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Consultation Paper 25/4: Quarterly Consultation Paper No. 47 (CP25/4).
In CP25/4 the FCA sets out various proposed miscellaneous amendments to the Handbook. In summary these are:
On 20 December 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Handbook Notice 125.
This Handbook Notice describes the changes to the FCA Handbook and other material made by the FCA Board and the Executive Regulation and Policy Committee of the FCA under their legislative and other statutory powers on 9 December 2024
On 13 December 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority published the following portfolio letters:
On 29 November 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Handbook Notice 124, which describes the changes to the FCA Handbook and other material made by the FCA Board under its legislative and other statutory powers on 31 October 2024 and 28 November 2024.
These include changes made by the following instruments:
On 6 September 2024, the FCA published Consultation Paper 24/18: Quarterly Consultation Paper No.45 (CP24/18).
In summary, in CP24/18 the FCA is proposing to:
On 22 August 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) updated its webpage on the Overseas Funds Regime (OFR).
The updated webpage confirms that the OFR gateway will be opened to new schemes (not currently in the Temporary Marketing Permissions Regime (TMPR)) on 30 September 2024, while landing slots for
On 2 August 2024, the FCA published Policy Statement 24/10 ‘Expansion of the Dormant Assets Scheme: second phase’ (PS24/10).
Introduction
The Dormant Assets Scheme (DAS) was initially set up to allow banks and building societies to pay dormant monies to an authorised reclaim fund, which would then put this money towards
Background
The Prudential Regulation Authority’s (PRA) published its Policy Statement “Review of Solvency II: Reform of the Matching Adjustment” (PS10/24) and the associated finalised rules and guidance[1] on 6 June 2024. This followed the publication of the PRA’s consultation paper in September 2023 and the enactment of The Insurance and
On 28 June 2024, the FCA published Handbook Notice 120.
The Handbook Notice describes the changes to the FCA Handbook made by the FCA Board under their legislative and other statutory powers on 27 June 2024. On this date the FCA Board approved Handbook Administration (No 70) Instrument 2024. In this instrument the FCA
On 1 March 2024, the FCA published a new webpage to advise firms on how to prepare effective wind-down plans. As the FCA requires some firms to submit a wind-down plan as part of their application for authorisation, it highlights the benefits of wind-down plans more generally, which include assisting firms in exiting the market