In our latest Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast, Matthew Gregory, Joe Bamford and Anita Edwards discuss the Consumer Duty, which is now in force for all on-sale products and services, and our new Pathfinder tool which has been developed to help firms ensure they have fully implemented the Duty.

On 12 September 2023, the FCA published policy statement PS23/13 on the new regulatory gateway for firms that approve financial promotions. In this latest Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast, Hannah Meakin, Georgia Jones and Anita Edwards discuss the FCA’s plans for implementing and operating the gateway, as well as highlighting some of the areas firms should be thinking about in preparation for the new rules coming into effect.

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 first episode Floortje Nagelkerke and Nikolai de Koning from our Amsterdam office discuss what they are seeing in the Dutch market touching on the local regulator’s work on ESG, crypto services and DORA. Floortje and Nikolai also discuss supervisory developments concerning proprietary trading firms, the IFD/IFR and the independent functioning of a supervisory board.

The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 introduces a requirement for the FCA to exercise new functions for the purpose of “seeking to ensure reasonable provision of cash access services in the United Kingdom, or a part of the United Kingdom”. In this Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast Matthew Gregory and Simon Lovegrove discuss HM Treasury’s statement of policy on access to cash and the FCA’s statement on its new powers.

In this Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast, Jonathan Herbst, Hannah Meakin and Anita Edwards discuss the obligations that firms have under UK REMIT to record and retain communications relating to their trading in wholesale energy products, in light of a large fine issued to a firm last month by Ofgem, the energy regulator, for breaches of those obligations.

On 4 August 2023, the FCA published a letter it had sent to the CEOs of firms categorised as ‘principal trading firms’, setting out its strategy for supervising these firms. In this latest Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast, Jonathan Herbst, Hannah Meakin and Anita Edwards discuss the key points covered in the letter and the next steps for firms.

In our latest Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast, Senior Knowledge Lawyer Catherine Pluck is joined by London Financial Services partners Jonathan Herbst and Katie Stephen, who discuss some recent regulatory developments in relation to culture, as well as some practical steps that firms can be taking in this area.

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, Anna Carrier and Catherine Pluck discuss Consolidated Tape in the EU and UK.

In the latest in our podcast series, Split the difference, which explores divergence between the EU and UK regulatory regimes in the markets space, Jonathan Herbst, Hannah Meakin and Floortje Nagelkerke explore the regulatory approach to branches

In our latest Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast, Global Director of Financial Services Knowledge, Simon Lovegrove is joined by London financial services partners Jonathan Herbst and Hannah Meakin, who share their views on the key takeaways from the Chancellor’s recent Mansion House speech and the government’s response to the UK Investment Research Review.