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Directors convicted in Collateral fraud case
Following a 5 week trial the two founders (Peter and Andrew Currie) of Collateral UK have been convicted of both fraud and money...
May 23, 20231 min read


Steps to improve whistleblower confidence announced by the FCA
This week the FCA set out the actions it will take in order to improve the confidence of whistleblowers. This follows a qualitative...
May 4, 20231 min read


New "failure to prevent fraud" offence announced for large UK organisations
The UK government has recently published further details on the new ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence in which organisations will now be...
Apr 26, 20232 min read


Innovation, artificial intelligence and the future of financial regulation
Last week the FCA published the speech by Jessica Rusu, their Chief Data, Information and Intelligence Officer, delivered to delegates...
Apr 20, 20232 min read


FCA issues metrics update for authorisation timescales
On 21 March 2023 the FCA published an update on its operating service metrics for dealing with various applications, including...
Mar 24, 20231 min read


FCA to collect Treasury’s economic crime levy (Anti-Money Laundering) from July
The Government has introduced an economic crime levy (ECL) to fund its fight against the rise in economic crime and money laundering. The...
Mar 17, 20231 min read


Fast-growing firms review published by FCA
Earlier this month the FCA published a review of its findings and expectations of FCA solo-regulated fast-growing firms. The review was...
Mar 12, 20232 min read


FCA highlights areas of focus for firms implementing the Consumer Duty
Following on from the new Consumer Duty rules and guidance published by the FCA in July 2022 there is now less than six months to go...
Feb 1, 20232 min read


FCA consultation on Section 21 Gateway ends 7th February 2023.
On 6th December 2022 the FCA published consultation (CP22/27) in which it set out its proposal to operate a new gateway for firms who...
Jan 31, 20231 min read


New Financial Resilience Survey for FCA solo-regulated firms.
In October 2022 the FCA published a consultation paper (CP22/19) with proposals to replace the FCA Financial Resilience Survey with a new...
Jan 27, 20231 min read


FCA publishes further discussion paper for the UK PRIIP regime
In response to the growing trend towards online investments and the digital distribution of disclosure the FCA recently published a...
Jan 13, 20231 min read


Changes to FCA Appointed Representative Regime take effect
The FCA recently consulted on changes to protect consumers and address harms across all the sectors where principals and ARs operate....
Dec 16, 20221 min read
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