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Diversity and inclusion on company boards and executive management – Policy Statement 22/3 by the FCA April 2022
Posted by Michael McKee, Bryony Widdup and Jessica Zajda on 5 May 2022On Wednesday 20 April 2022, the FCA published Policy Statement 22/3: Diversity and inclusion on company boards and executive management. This statement sets out the FCA's final policy decision based on their proposals originally outlined in Consultation Paper 21/4. The publication of PS 22/3 has come about as a result of the FCA's conscious efforts to raise the profile of diversity and inclusion (D&I) within the financial services sector. Our March 2021 FinBrief offers a useful background to the introduction of D&I within the financial regulatory sphere.
Joint Statement by HM Treasury, the CMA, the FCA and the PSR on the future of Open Banking
Posted by Michael McKee, Chris Whittaker and Jessica Zajda on 20 April 2022On 25 March 2022 a joint statement on the future of Open Banking was published by HM Treasury, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR). In conjunction with this statement, the CMA also published their response to the consultation they undertook in March 2021 on the future oversight of the CMA's open banking remedies.
HM Treasury Response to Wholesale Markets Review Consultation
Posted by Andreas Gunst and Chris Whittaker on 19 April 2022On 1 July 2021, Her Majesty's Treasury (Treasury) launched a consultation on proposals to reform the UK's wholesale markets regulatory framework (Consultation).
UK Government publishes approach to the regulation of Stablecoins
Posted by Martin Bartlam, Bryony Widdup, Michael McKee and Chris Whittaker on 19 April 2022On 4 April 2022, Her Majesty’s Treasury (the Treasury) published its response (the Response) to its consultation and call for evidence on the UK’s regulatory approach to cryptoassets, stablecoins and distributed ledger technology in financial markets (the Consultation).
ECB final guidelines on Articles 6-8 EUSR
Posted by Mark Daley on 23 March 2022The ECB has now finalised its 9-page “non-binding guidance” and it applies as from 1 April, although there is a soft introduction – the “phase-in period” - lasting until 1 October.
Ukraine conflict: Operational and cyber resilience
Posted by Michael McKee, Chris Whittaker and Devanshu Jain on 16 March 2022On 8 March 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority published a guidance note on points that firms should consider for maintaining appropriate operational and cyber resilience in light of the Ukraine conflict.
FCA cracks down on misleading financial promotions
Posted by Michael McKee, Chris Whittaker and Simon Galante on 11 March 2022The FCA has published a Second Supervisory Notice against Freetrade Limited on the 8 February 2022, which requires Freetrade to remove all paid-for social media promotions and all existing paid-for promotions from its social media channels, citing concerns about its connection with a well-known personal finance influencer on social media.
Ukraine: Sanctions in sport
Posted by Paul Gray, Lewis Gaut, Chloe Barker, Carolyn Agnew, Natalie Webb and Mark Daley on 11 March 2022As a result of the conflict in Ukraine, the UK, the US, the EU and their allies have imposed additional sanctions on Russian state actors and entities of economic and strategic significance to the Russian state, along with targeted restrictions on certain commercial activities with Russia. Sanctions have also been extended to apply to additional individuals and entities in Belarus because of the country's assistance to Russia.
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