Regulation Around The World - Buy Now Pay Later by NRF Regulation Tomorrow Podcast

In the second in our global series of regulatory podcasts focusing on conduct issues, financial services partners from Australia, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States consider the cross border distribution of funds by focussing on the following five topics:

1. What trends or industry developments are you seeing in your jurisdiction as regards the cross-border distribution of funds?
2. What do you see as the top one or two regulatory issues impacting cross-border funds distribution?
3. Can you say a few words regarding marketing rules in your jurisdiction?
4. Are there any ESG considerations that need to be taken into account when marketing funds cross border?
5. What do you think 2023 holds for the cross-border distribution of funds?

On 9 December 2022, HM Treasury announced a series of proposals to amend the existing financial services regulatory framework in the UK, referred to as the “Edinburgh Reforms”. In this episode, Jonathan Herbst and Albert Weatherill provide their initial thoughts on the proposals and key measures expected.

In the second in our global series of regulatory podcasts focusing on conduct issues, financial services partners from Australia, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States consider the cross border distribution of funds by focussing on the following five topics

1.What trends or industry developments are you seeing in your jurisdiction as regards the cross-border distribution of funds?
2.What do you see as the top one or two regulatory issues impacting cross-border funds distribution?
3.Can you say a few words regarding marketing rules in your jurisdiction?
4.Are there any ESG considerations that need to be taken into account when marketing funds cross border?
5.What do you think 2023 holds for the cross-border distribution of funds?

In this episode of RT Plus on the Financial Services and Markets Bill, Jonathan Herbst provides a general update on the Bill following its passage through the Committee Stage.

In this episode of RT Plus on ESG, Haney Saadah touches on the FCA’s recent consultation paper on sustainability disclosure requirements. He also looks the importance of terminology and why the “S” and “G” parts of ESG are as important as the “E” part. He also provides his views on how firms will approach their ESG commitments next year.

In this episode, following the FCA’s interim 31st October deadline, Jonathan Herbst, Matthew Gregory, Joe Bamford and Iain Hawthorn focus on where firm’s should be now, and the key things they need to consider in taking forward their implementation plans for the new Consumer Duty. The discussion includes the steps that firms need to take over the next few months and the challenges that they will face throughout the implementation period.

In this episode, following the FCA’s interim 31st October deadline, Jonathan Herbst, Matthew Gregory, Joe Bamford and Iain Hawthorn focus on where firm’s should be now, and the key things they need to consider in taking forward their implementation plans for the new Consumer Duty. The discussion includes the steps that firms need to take over the next few months and the challenges that they will face throughout the implementation period.

In our latest edition of Regulation Around the World, members from our global financial services team consider the latest regulatory developments concerning operational resilience in the UK, EU and US.

Italy - In Italy operational resilience requirements are aligned with EU regulatory provisions. More recently the Bank of Italy has focused on cyber security and has adopted a series of supervisory actions to closely monitor the ability of supervised entities to promptly deal with cyber events and crisis.