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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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
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
Join us at our next webinar examining how jurisdictions are progressing from Open Banking to Open Finance, including updates on the Open Finance regimes in the UK, EU, Australia, and the US.
Our Global Financial Services Regulation team will be joined by Simone Plances, a Smart Data Accelerator Manager from the Financial Conduct Authority who
In February 2024 we published a briefing note, MiFIR and MiFID II review: ten key things that EU financial institutions should know, which summarized the key features of the draft legislation that was generally known as the ‘MiFID II / MiFIR review’ and was designed to update both the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive
In this special edition of our podcast series, Split the Difference, Hannah Meakin, Matthew Gregory and Ben Hilary are joined by Andrea Huber of Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law to discuss the Berne Financial Services Agreement (BFSA). After setting out the background to the BFSA and where both countries have got to with regard to implementation
On 10 October 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued its second statement concerning the transition for the application of the MiFID II/MiFIR review.
ESMA issued its first statement on the MiFID II/MiFIR review on 27 March 2024 and the statement complements an interpretative notice issued by the European Commission (
The Berne Financial Services Agreement (the BFSA) provides an institutional framework for cooperation and development of the UK’s financial services relationship with Switzerland. The foundation of the agreement is a shared commitment to openness and commercial competition; regulatory and supervisory cooperation; and well-regulated markets. The BFSA is designed to complement the upcoming UK-Swiss Free
In the latest episode of our mini-series on the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech and Leeds Reforms, Katie Stephen, Matthew Gregory, Haney Saadah and Catherine Pluck discuss the proposals in relation to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, as well as the proposals around authorisations.
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