FCA’s Consumer Duty – Is your firm ready?

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (“FCA”) Consumer Duty will come into force on 31 July 2023. From this date, the Consumer Duty rules will apply to all existing in-scope products or services that are available for sale or renewal. By this date, firms...

FCA: Improving the fund rules

Following on from our fourth summary on the Financial Conduct Authority’s (“FCA”) discussion paper titled “Updating and Enhancing the UK Asset Management Regime” (DP23/2), we have produced a fifth and final summary centred on improving the fund...

UK SDR and other regimes

Following on from our six-part series on the sustainability disclosure regulations established by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), we look at UK SDR and other regimes. On 25 October 2022, the FCA released a Consultation Paper on UK Sustainability...

SDR Deep-dive 6. Distributors

In our final guide on the sustainability disclosure regulations established by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), we look at Distributors. The FCA intends to impose a couple of obligations on distributors who offer products to retail investors…...

Are your personal data transfers lawful?

In June 2021, the European Union (EU) introduced a new set of Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”) for the purpose of transferring EU personal data. The United Kingdom (UK) implemented its own International Data Transfer Agreement (“IDTA”) for...

FCA: Technology and innovation

In our fourth summary on the Financial Conduct Authority’s (“FCA”) consultation paper titled “Updating and Enhancing the UK Asset Management Regime” (DP23/2), we build on our previous overview on the structure of the asset management...

ESAs proposes amendments to RTS under SFDR

On 12 April 2023, the European Supervisory Authorities (“ESAs”) – comprising the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”), the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (“EIOPA”), and the European...

SDR Deep-dive 5. Anti-Greenwashing Rule

In the fifth instalment of our series of six comprehensive guides on the FCA’s sustainability disclosure regulations, we focus on the Anti-Greenwashing Rule. The FCA’s proposal in the Consultation Paper provides rules in which firms will need to take into...