08/14/2025
Whistleblowing quarterly data 2025 Q2
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Legal, Regulation & Compliance
08/14/2025
UK and EU Money Laundering Risk Assessments 2025: Key Findings for Asset Managers
Both documents review developments between 2022 and 2024 and are intended to guide supervisory priorities and inform the risk management frameworks of regulated firms across the UK and EU.
08/14/2025
Neil Woodford and Andrew Bailey: Should the latter survive the former?
As the FCA hands out fines to Neil Woodford and his firm, Richard Buxton says the regulator needs to take its share of the blame for being asleep at the wheel as the crisis unfolded.
08/14/2025
FCA receives record 315 whistleblowing reports between April and June
The surge highlights growing staff and public confidence in raising concerns about wrongdoing in the financial sector.
08/14/2025
Eversheds Sutherland advises Pulse Clean Energy on multi-million-pound finance package
Pulse Clean Energy has established itself as a leading developer and operator of battery storage in the UK, with a planned operational capacity of over 2GWh by 2030.
08/13/2025
FSCS confirms five firms were declared in default in June and July 2025
If a regulated financial firm is no longer trading and cannot pay a customer’s claim, FSCS can step in to pay compensation if certain requirements are met.
08/13/2025
Blake Morgan Partner Recognised in 2025 Chambers High Net Worth Guide
The Chambers High Net Worth Guide identifies and ranks top-performing lawyers and firms working with high net-worth individuals and their advisers.
08/13/2025
Financial Ombudsman Service consults on changes to its case fees
Some businesses believe this is unfair when they are settling complaints earlier in the process.
08/12/2025
FCA to streamline sustainability reporting for asset managers
The regulator has updated its sustainability reporting requirements webpage, offering guidance on efficient reporting under both TCFD and SDR rules.
08/12/2025
Policy statement: The Appointed Representatives Regime
This policy statement sets out the government’s overall policy approach for regulation of Appointed Representatives carrying on regulated financial services activity in the UK.
08/12/2025
First-quarter of 2025 supervisory data shows that the EU/EEA banking sector remains robust, despite increased cost of risk, the EBA Risk Dashboard finds
EU/EEA banks reported non-performing loans (NPLs) totalling EUR 377.8 billion, consistent with the prior quarter's figures.
08/12/2025
SupTech can make anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism supervision more effective, the EBA finds
The EBA will continue to support NCAs and AMLA in strengthening their use of technology and fostering innovation in AML/CFT supervision across the EU.
08/12/2025
UK jobs market losing momentum piling pressure on BoE for another cut
Hiring conditions have been softening for months in the wake of employer National Insurance changes and a cooling economy.
08/11/2025
The EBA amends technical standards specifying the data collection for the 2026 benchmarking exercise
In the area of credit risk, the EBA is suggesting only minor changes.
08/11/2025
St James’s Place under renewed fire over exit fees
New customers sold products with high charges days before new fee structure takes effect
08/11/2025
Brex enters European market with new EU Payment Institution licence
Brex has already established Dutch offices with a full board and sales, operations and customer success teams.
08/08/2025
Devon man guilty over £1m Ponzi scam
The FCA said it will begin confiscation proceedings to recover the proceeds of crime.
08/08/2025
Bank rate cut brings cash alternatives into spotlight: What big cash savers can do as savings rates fall
The Bank of England cut the bank rate from 4.25 per cent to 4.00 per cent today as the monetary policy committee judged, in a split decision, that economic slowdown is currently a greater threat than inflation.
08/08/2025
FCA introduces new rules to safeguard client funds
Additionally, all firms must implement monthly reporting on customer holdings and perform daily checks to confirm sufficient safeguarding of funds.
08/07/2025
Bank of England to override its inflation mandate and cut rates
The decision to cut rates again is likely to be far from unanimous and may possibly see a return of May’s three-way split.