In our EMEA regulatory insights series colleagues from our EMEA offices provide an update on the key regulatory issues they are seeing in their local market. In this third episode James Morris from our Sydney office discuss what they are seeing in the Australian market touching on reforms to payment systems regulation, buy now pay later, ASIC’s Corporate Plan for 2023–2027 and reforms introduced to the Australian Consumer Law.

This podcast is the first in our new series, Decisions Decoded, focussing on decisions and themes in regulatory investigations and enforcement. In this episode, Senior Knowledge Lawyer Catherine Pluck talks to Financial Services Partner Katie Stephen about the recent FCA Final Notice concerning ADM Investor Services International Limited, which has been fined £6,470,600 for inadequate anti-money laundering systems and controls.

On 30 October 2023, HM Treasury (HMT) published its final proposals for the future financial services regulatory regime for cryptoassets in the UK, comprising two responses to consultations and a policy paper. In this latest Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast (recorded on 2 November), Jonathan Herbst, Hannah Meakin and Anita Edwards discuss HMT’s proposals and the next steps for firms.

In our latest Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast Matthew Gregory and Simon Lovegrove discuss the Consumer Duty and ESG.

In our EMEA regulatory insights series colleagues from our EMEA offices provide an update on the key regulatory issues they are seeing in their local market. In this second episode Matthew Shanahan and Hasanali Pirbhai from our Dubai office discuss what they are seeing in the UAE market touching on enforcement, anti-money laundering, ESG, funds promotion, cryptoassets, and senior manager reporting.

In the third podcast in our DE&I series, Simon Lovegrove and Hannah McAslan-Schaaf cover the interplay between the regulatory focus on diversity and inclusion and individual accountability.

In the second podcast in our DE&I series, Simon Lovegrove and Hannah McAslan-Schaaf discuss what firms should be doing in light of the FCA and PRA consultation papers on diversity and inclusion.

In our latest edition of Regulation Around the World, our financial services lawyers and risk consulting team from the United Kingdom, Singapore, the Netherlands and the UAE discuss the latest financial services regulatory developments concerning ESG.

In the first podcast in our DE&I series, Jonathan Herbst, Hannah Meakin and Hannah MacAslan-Schaaf provide an overview of the recent FCA and PRA consultation papers on diversity and inclusion.

In the latest episode of our Split the difference podcast series, which explores divergence and convergence between the EU and UK regulatory regimes in the markets space, Jonathan Herbst, Hannah Meakin, Floortje Nagelkerke and Anna Carrier discuss the UK/EU MoU on regulatory cooperation in financial services, equivalence and the impact on market infrastructure. The episode can be found here.