03/11/2025
FCA sets out steps to support home ownership
As interest rates fall, the current market approach to interest rate stress testing may be unduly restricting access to otherwise affordable mortgages.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
03/10/2025
The ESAs acknowledge the European Commission's amendments to the technical standard on subcontracting under the Digital Operational Resilience Act
Today’s Opinion acknowledges the assessment performed by the EC and confirms that the amendments proposed ensure that the draft RTS is in line with the mandate set out under DORA.
03/10/2025
SM Advice launches multilingual social media service for advisers
The multilingual social media service is intentionally designed to streamline and cover the entire process and also ensuring compliance.
03/07/2025
ECB cuts rates, but German defence spending likely to keep a lid on further falls
The ECB is likely to be fairly cautious of treading such new ground and higher interest rates may prevail as a result.
03/07/2025
Federal Council initiates consultation on changing the FATCA model
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is a set of US regulations that came into effect on 1 January 2014 and affects all countries.
03/07/2025
Monetary policy decisions
The disinflation process is well on track.
03/06/2025
Growth of private markets requires continued focus on valuations
The FCA recently completed a multi-firm assessment of valuation practices and governance for valuing private equity, venture capital, private debt, and infrastructure assets.
03/06/2025
PRA proposes change to fundraising regulations
Regulator seeks industry feedback on plans to raise the threshold for leverage ratio requirements
03/06/2025
Saffery Trust Associate Director receives STEP Founder’s Award for Outstanding Achievement
In 2023, under Matthew’s leadership, Guernsey became the first jurisdiction globally to launch STEP NextGen, followed by the Cayman Islands STEP NextGen initiative, which is sponsored by Saffery Trust.
03/06/2025
Germany & Europe step up with much-needed fiscal gear shift
This ambitious plan would mark a pivotal moment in Germany's long-restrictive fiscal strategy.
03/05/2025
ESMA publishes the results of the annual transparency calculations for equity and equity-like instruments
Currently, there are 1,283 liquid shares and 1,003 liquid equity-like instruments other than shares, subject to MiFID II/MiFIR transparency requirements.
03/05/2025
BaFin imposes heavy fine on Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank had violated organizational obligations under the Securities Trading Act in connection with the sale of currency derivatives in Spain.
03/05/2025
M&A in the asset management and fund sector: Key themes for 2025
These factors have encouraged consolidation within the sector and favoured those businesses which are able to achieve scale both in terms of assets under management and distribution.
03/04/2025
FinTech start-up SWISS4.0 SA in liquidation
FINMA has engaged Valfor Avocats Sàrl as the bankruptcy liquidator.
03/04/2025
FCA bans former Credit Suisse executives following US criminal convictions
The former Credit Suisse managing directors have been banned for lacking integrity, following US convictions for arranging corrupt loans to the Republic of Mozambique.
03/03/2025
FCA charges two individuals with multiple fraud charges
They are also charged with using false documents in the process of committing the alleged fraud.
03/03/2025
Advisers Nelson and Stephens charged over alleged £2mn fraud
They have also been charged with using false documents in the process of committing the alleged fraud.
02/28/2025
Off-channel communications: a top regulatory risk for UK firms in 2025?
Off-channel communications are communications (including calls and written messages) made through channels not approved by the employer and to which neither employers nor regulators have access.
02/28/2025
The EBA consults to amend data collection for the 2026 benchmarking exercise
The EBA benchmarking exercise is the basis for both the supervisory assessment and the horizontal analysis of the outcome of internal models.
02/28/2025
Vontobel announces changes in governance
All changes are effective on March 1, 2025, and have been approved by FINMA.