On 12 December 2025, the Council of the EU published its conclusions on simplifying the Union’s financial services regulation.
In the conclusions the Council calls on the European Commission to put forward ambitious simplification packages for the EU’s financial services regulation which should include clear priorities and timelines as well as planned initiatives. The Commission
On 12 December, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published findings from its multi-firm review of how wholesale banks deliver best execution in UK listed cash equities.
Background
The FCA explained that it had last carried out a thematic review (TR14/13) of wholesale banks’ best execution practices in 2014 and that, in the context
On 11 December 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a new webpage setting out its expectations of firms promoting investment products, and common misconceptions about risk warnings.
Background
The FCA explained that it is currently supporting a review of risk warnings, led by the Investment Association and supported by HM Treasury, and
On 11 December 2025, the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) published a report (dated 31 October 2025) in which it identifies and lists the tasks assigned to it by EU legislation beyond the ESRB Regulation. It then categorises them from a content point of view, classifying them into four types according to their
On 11 December 2025, HM Treasury (HMT) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published updates intended to help consumers to get extra help with investments and pensions decisions, namely: HMT’s consultation response in relation to taking forward proposals related to targeted support to improve the availability and affordability of help with
On 11 December 2025, the Bank of England (BoE) published a consultation paper (CP) setting out its proposal to exempt transactions carried out as part of a post-trade risk reduction (PTRR) service from the derivatives clearing obligation set out in Article 4 of the UK version of the European
On 11 December 2025, the Bank of England (BoE) published a speech by Randall Kroszner (External member of the Financial Policy Committee) given at given at the 20th High-level meeting on financial stability and regulatory and supervisory priorities jointly organised by the Arab Monetary Fund, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the
On 11 December 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the latest edition of the Regulatory Initiatives Grid from the Financial Services Regulatory Initiatives Forum (the Forum). The Forum is made up of representatives of the Bank of England (BoE), the Competition and Markets Authority, the FCA, the Financial Reporting
On 11 December 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the latest edition of the Regulatory Initiatives Grid from the Financial Services Regulatory Initiatives Forum (the Forum). The Forum is made up of representatives of the Bank of England (BoE), the Competition and Markets Authority, the FCA, the Financial Reporting
On 11 December 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) updated its webpage to confirm that it will not take forward its capital deduction for redress (CDR) proposals.
The FCA sets out that it had previously published a consultation in November 2023 on proposals to require personal investment firms (PIFs)