12/3/2025 4:28:34 PM FCA Publishes Final Rules on Systematic Internaliser Regime for Bonds and Derivatives and Matched Principal Trading by MTF Operators By Christopher Collins Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Neil Robson Ciara McBrien James Wells +3 more... Show less On 28 November 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a policy statement (PS25/17) finalising rules proposed in its July...
12/2/2025 11:26:44 PM All’s Well That Ends Well: The CFTC Amends Its Wells Notice Process and Other Rules of Practice for the Better By Carl Kennedy Matt Kluchenek Zachary Schmitz For years, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) has exercised broad discretion in investigating and prosecuting...
11/26/2025 4:06:04 PM Improving UK Transaction Reporting: FCA Consults on Streamlined Framework By Christopher Collins Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Neil Robson Ciara McBrien James Wells +3 more... Show less On 21 November 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper (CP25/32) setting out proposed reforms to the...
11/21/2025 12:06:18 PM UK EMIR Update: Intragroup Exemption Consultations and Additional Q&As By Carolyn Jackson Ciara McBrien James Wells On 5 November 2025, HM Treasury (HMT) published a draft statutory instrument, the Over-the Counter-Derivatives (Intragroup Transactions)...
11/19/2025 5:42:54 PM FINRA Case Involving Gifts and Entertainment By Richard Marshall On October 21, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) filed a settled enforcement action involving allegedly improper gifts...
11/19/2025 5:38:29 PM State Regulators Announce Enforcement Priorities By Richard Marshall On October 16, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) published the enforcement priorities for state securities...
11/19/2025 5:32:56 PM SEC Chairman Prioritizes Public Offering Reforms; Trump Signals Renewed Scrutiny of Proxy Advisers By Richard Marshall Recent developments indicate a dual focus on regulatory reform for public companies, with the SEC Chairman Paul Atkins prioritizing...
11/17/2025 10:06:01 PM SEC Chairman Calls for a Fairer Wells Process: Reinforcing Due Process and Transparency in Enforcement By Susan Light Alex Kim Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Atkins recently spoke at Fordham Law School for the “25th Annual A.A. Sommer, Jr....
11/4/2025 4:55:44 PM Court Dismisses Overly-Technical Claim That FDCPA Applies to Communications With Vendors Mailing Collection Letters By Ted Huffman The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) imposes various requirements on debt collectors aimed to protect consumers’ privacy rights...
11/3/2025 2:37:09 PM Keeping it Short: FCA Consults on Implementation of Streamlined UK Short Selling Regime By Christopher Collins Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Neil Robson Ciara McBrien James Wells +3 more... Show less On 28 October 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper (CP25/29) proposing significant changes to the...
10/29/2025 6:11:24 PM Regulatory Compliance in Leveraged ETF Sales Practices By Michael Diver Richard Marshall Alex San Martin The Wall Street Journal reported last week that “Popular Leveraged Funds Shock Investors With Huge Losses.” It is important to...
10/29/2025 2:19:57 PM FCA Sets Out T+1 Settlement Expectations for UK Asset Managers and Alternative Firms By Christopher Collins Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Neil Robson Ciara McBrien James Wells +3 more... Show less On 23 October 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a letter directed at firms within its Asset Management and...
10/21/2025 1:06:30 PM FCA Consults on Fund Tokenisation and Direct Dealing By Christopher Collins Ryan Hansen Thomas Laurer Neil Robson Edward Tran Ciara McBrien Eleanor Bines James Wells +5 more... Show less On 14 October 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper (CP25/28) setting out proposals to advance fund...
10/20/2025 11:26:05 AM UK Regulators Transfer MiFID Organisational Regulation into Domestic Rulebooks By Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Neil Robson Christopher Collins Ciara McBrien James Wells +3 more... Show less On 9 October 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published policy statements PS25/13...
10/6/2025 10:04:35 AM FCA Publishes Updates on Clarifying and Streamlining the UK Consumer Duty By Christopher Collins Neil Robson Sara Portillo James Wells +1 more... Show less On 30 September 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published three updates in connection with the Consumer Duty (the Duty): (i)...
10/3/2025 3:08:45 PM FCA Publishes Market Watch Issue 84 on UK EMIR Refit Implementation By Carolyn Jackson Christopher Collins Ciara McBrien James Wells +1 more... Show less On 30 September 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published issue 84 of Market Watch (Issue 84), providing a one-year review of...