3 minHere To Stay? Speculative Illiquid Security rules to be made permanentthe FCA has published the consultation extending the ban on speculative illiquid securities. This is so that the temporary intervention whi
2 minFirm survey on Financial ResilienceThe FCA is to survey 13,000 firms on the financial impact of Covid-19
1 minWill the gap close? Safeguarding vs holding client moneymore focus is being placed on an area that has needed looking at for some time: the difference between the CASS and the safeguarding rules
2 minWind down planning is here to stayHow ready is your wind down plan? You won't be alone if the need for such a plan sounds like a new development, but all of the regulator's
1 minBolstering the Payment Services & E-money regimeThe FCA wants to bring in new rules as soon as possible to help to safeguard customers' funds that are held with payment and e-money institu
1 minRegulatory Initiatives GridThe FCA has for the first time published a Regulatory Initiatives Grid which sets out the pipeline of regulatory change. The idea is to ...
1 minRegulatory reporting during lockdownThe FCA has updated the list of regulatory reports which they are willing to delay. Usefully for many this incluses the CASS audit retur...
1 minThe scope of the client-dealing function under SM&CRthe scope of the client-dealing function goes wider than the CF30 function used to. If you looked at the initial definition, you would have