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UK, EU and international financial services regulatory round-up: AML/sanctions, conduct and enforcement, capital markets and derivatives, ESG, payments, insurance and key dates—15 February 2024

Published on: 15 February 2024

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In this issue:

  • UK, EU and international regulators and bodies
  • Authorisation, approval and supervision
  • Prudential requirements
  • Financial crime and sanctions
  • Conduct requirements
  • Investigations, enforcement and discipline
  • Regulation of capital markets
  • Regulation of derivatives
  • Sustainable finance and ESG
  • Banks and mutuals
  • MiFID II
  • Consumer credit, mortgage and home finance
  • Regulation of insurance
  • Payment services and systems
  • EEA Agreement Annex IX (Financial Services)
  • Financial Services Enforcement Database
  • Daily and weekly news alerts
  • Intraday news alerts
  • New and updated content
  • Key dates for financial services practitioners

UK, EU and international regulators and bodies

HoL committee calls for ‘Office for Regulatory Performance’. The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has issued a report on how UK regulators perform, their independence and accountability. It says government should establish a new independent statutory body—the ‘Office for Regulatory Performance’—to advise and assist Parliament and its committees so regulators are scrutinised on a far more systematic and rigorous footing. See: LNB News 08/02/2024 92.

Authorisation, approval and supervision

FCA operating metrics show improvement in processing time for senior manager applications. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released its Q3 2023/24 authorisations operating metrics for solo-regulated firms...

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