07/09/2025
The EBA launches consultation on its draft Guidelines on third-party risk management with regard to non-ICT related services
The draft Guidelines provide specific criteria for the application of the proportionality principle.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
07/08/2025
Workers in line for £29,000 boost thanks to landmark Pensions Bill
The Bill is set to transform the pensions landscape for years to come and put more money in people’s pockets as part of the Plan for Change
07/08/2025
Nordea Reaches Milestone in Switzerland
The Finma license is a key step toward our growth ambitions in Switzerland.
07/07/2025
Two individuals sentenced to a combined 12 years for £1.5m crypto fraud
Confiscation proceedings are continuing to recover the benefit from the crimes of both defendants.
07/07/2025
Redinel Korfuzi and Oerta Korfuzi sentenced to combined 11 years for £1m insider dealing and money laundering
FCA investigators also uncovered an international money laundering operation.
07/07/2025
Chancellor’s National Wealth Fund investment in major carbon capture project to boost 3,500 jobs
Thousands of jobs could be created across Derbyshire, Staffordshire and the North West thanks to a £28.6 million National Wealth Fund investment in a major carbon capture project, the Chancellor has announced today, Monday 7 July.
07/07/2025
Ex-Janus Henderson analyst and sister jailed for £1m insider trading
Within minutes of accessing the information, he traded in the affected stocks using multiple accounts, including those operated by his sister.
07/04/2025
Solvency-triggered termination rights clauses in bulk purchase annuity transactions
The clauses could bring inherent risks to insurers’ balance sheets which would need to be managed concurrently in a period of stress.
07/04/2025
FSCS’s 2024/25 Annual Report highlights another strong year for recovering compensation costs and processing customer claims
A key milestone included the recovery of more than £56m from the estates of failed financial firms and related third parties – equivalent to 17% of total compensation costs.
07/03/2025
Pensions reform must prioritise member outcomes, says report
While there is broad acceptance that scale could bring benefits, many warned that consolidation must be judged by its ability to improve outcomes, not just create larger entities.
07/03/2025
ESMA selects Ediphy (fairCT) to become the first Consolidated Tape Provider for bonds
Market participants will benefit from a consolidated view of market activity for bonds in the EU, with a variety of use cases to the benefit of all participants in the EU’s fixed income markets.”
07/03/2025
The meaning of reserve currency − remarks by Andrew Bailey
Given at the Andrew Crockett Memorial Lecture
07/02/2025
Irish financial firms struggle with consumer code implementation
The code demands that firms meet enhanced standards around digital accessibility, product transparency and support for vulnerable consumers.
07/02/2025
Tribunal upholds the FCA’s market manipulation bans
The Upper Tribunal agreed with the FCA that the traders’ manipulative behaviour was dishonest and lacked integrity.
07/02/2025
Synchronisation and beyond: enabling the next wave of financial innovation − speech by Victoria Cleland
Given at the 15th annual edition of City Week
07/01/2025
IPTF warns of growing misrepresentation risk in protection
This powerful instalment confronts the reality that an estimated 52% of all declined income protection claims in 2024 were linked to some form of misrepresentation.
07/01/2025
FCA's targeted support proposal could help millions left behind by the advice gap
It proposes a new regulated activity, called targeted support, and rightly acknowledges that the binary choice between generic guidance and full advice is failing too many people.
06/30/2025
UK reforms AML rules for business services
The government says these firms are vital not only to the UK economy but to its reputation as a trusted global business hub.
06/30/2025
Living between Dubai and Milan, but litigating in London
While private wealth may find a new centre of gravity further east, the gravitational pull of London’s courts will stay as strong as ever.
06/30/2025
Calls to reform Lifetime ISAs over ‘nonsensical’ rules causing savers to lose their own money
A 25 per cent boost on a first-house deposit sounds a terrific deal - but the product itself can be complex and limiting