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In June of this year, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") introduced rules to allow mortgage lenders to more easily vary contracts in order to allow...

The UK Government has published its response to a call for evidence for a review of the Short Selling Regulation.

The FCA proposes extending payment bundling for research and execution services to pooled funds, aligning with earlier rules for institutional investors. Asset managers must establish policies, assess value, and ensure transparency to adopt this option. Feedback is due by December 16, 2024.

On March 7, 2017, it will be one year since the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority's senior managers and certification regime came into force, heralding a new era of personal accountability in the financial sector.

On 9 July 2026, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released Consultation Paper 26/18 (CP 26/18) on the “Mortgage Rule Review: supporting first-time buyers and underserved consumers”.

Thor Explorations' flagship Segilola Gold Project is the first industrial-scale gold project in Nigeria and is targeting first gold pour in July 2021.

Yesterday we hosted our AML and Consumer Credit seminar to coincide with the launch of our new Financial Services Regulation team. We've collated our top 5 takeaways from the seminar below.

Strengthening accountability in banking

In a recent mailing we noted that the following Democratic presidential candidates are covered under federal pay-to-play rules (i.e., SEC 206(4)-5, MSRB G-37, CFTC 23.451 and FINRA 2030) because they are currently elected state or local officials running for federal office:

The FCA defines a platform service as a service which offers access to third-party investment products.

On 10 January, the UK's Prudential Regulation Authority wrote to international banks active in the UK to update them on regulatory priorities for 2023.

On March 30, 2015, the Bank of England published details of the 2015 stress test for the largest UK banks and building societies.

On December 1, 2015, the Bank of England published the results of the 2015 UK banking system stress tests.

On July 17, 2018, the Financial Market Infrastructure Administration (Designation of VocaLink) Order 2018 was laid before Parliament.

On September, 27, 2018, the U.K. FCA published a Decision Notice (dated June 7, 2018).

On October 25, 2018, the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority published an updated working paper on its "market outcomes" analysis, following responses to its July 2018 consultation ...

On May 17, 2016, the Competition and Markets Authority published a provisional decision on how they propose to remedy competition issues they have identified in the supply of personal current accounts...

On October 15, 2018, the U.K. FCA announced that the application window had opened for cohort five of its regulatory sandbox. The FCA announced the successful applicants to the previous cohort in July 2018.