8/1/2025 10:34:35 AM Notice in a nutshell: Vocalink Limited By Katie Stephen On 9 July 2025, the Bank of England (BoE) published a Final Notice in respect of Vocalink Limited (the firm), imposing a fine of £11.9...
7/24/2025 2:02:44 PM Notice in a nutshell: Donaldson and Arden By Katie Stephen Chris Pearson On 16 June 2025, the Upper Tribunal released its decision in respect of referrals by the former CEO of Metro Bank, Craig Donaldson, and...
7/7/2025 1:53:55 PM City Week 2025: Key takeaways on digital assets and regulation By Jonathan Herbst City Week 2025 returned for its 15th edition from 30 June to 2 July in London, bringing together over 1,000 senior decision-makers from...
6/5/2025 1:25:29 PM FCA updates its Enforcement Guide By Katie Stephen Joe Smallshaw Catherine Pluck The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the updated version of its Enforcement Guide (now to be known under the new acronym...
5/14/2025 3:25:24 PM Notice in a nutshell: FSN - Direct Trading Technologies UK Ltd By Katie Stephen Rebecca Dulieu On 2 May 2025, the FCA published a First Supervisory Notice (FSN) in respect of Direct Trading Technologies UK Ltd (the Firm) in which...
3/19/2025 4:55:22 PM FCA sends a clear message on non-financial misconduct By Katie Stephen On the same day as HM Treasury’s publication of an action plan setting out a ‘new approach’ to ensure regulators support growth, the...
3/19/2025 12:43:42 PM Multi-firm review: FCA publishes findings on sell-side liquidity risk management By Jonathan Herbst On 10 March 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its findings following a multi-firm review of liquidity risk management...
3/13/2025 3:34:19 PM UK government to abolish Payment Systems Regulator By Jonathan Herbst The UK has announced the abolition of the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), as part of its efforts to cut red tape and drive economic...
3/10/2025 5:18:11 PM Dear CEO: FCA looks to private markets in asset management letter By Jonathan Herbst The FCA appears to be using Dear CEO letters quite liberally at the moment. There have been two most recently addressed to: Wholesale...
2/11/2025 12:30:33 PM Name and Shame Round Two: House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee remains deeply concerned By Katie Stephen On 6 February 2025 the House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee published its report entitled ‘Naming and shaming: how not...
2/10/2025 10:31:27 AM EU Commission grants equivalence to the UK CCP for a further three years By Jonathan Herbst Good to see that the EU Commission has finally granted equivalence to the UK CCP for a further three years. This is a helpful...
2/7/2025 4:06:03 PM Upper Tribunal considers spoofing cases: What to watch out for in the upcoming decisions By Katie Stephen The Upper Tribunal is considering three connected spoofing cases involving bond traders whose decision notices were published by the FCA...