Regulation Tomorrow Podcast

In our EMEA regulatory insights series colleagues from our EMEA offices provide an update on the key regulatory issues they are seeing in their local market. In this second episode Matthew Shanahan and Hasanali Pirbhai from our Dubai office discuss what they are seeing in the UAE market touching on enforcement, anti-money laundering, ESG, funds promotion, cryptoassets, and senior manager reporting.

In the third podcast in our DE&I series, Simon Lovegrove and Hannah McAslan-Schaaf cover the interplay between the regulatory focus on diversity and inclusion and individual accountability.

Discussion on the importance of regularly updating and maintaining a Diversity and Inclusion strategy. Rising costs of data disclosure and reporting. Transitional regime for the first reporting cycle. Importance of tailored training sessions and incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion into non-financial risk considerations and DNI strategy.

In our latest edition of Regulation Around the World, our financial services lawyers and risk consulting team from the United Kingdom, Singapore, the Netherlands and the UAE discuss the latest financial services regulatory developments concerning ESG.

In the first podcast in our DE&I series, Jonathan Herbst, Hannah Meakin and Hannah McAslan-Schaaf provide an overview of the recent FCA and PRA consultation papers on diversity and inclusion.

In the latest episode of our Split the difference podcast series, which explores divergence and convergence between the EU and UK regulatory regimes in the markets space, Jonathan Herbst, Hannah Meakin, Floortje Nagelkerke and Anna Carrier discuss the UK/EU MoU on regulatory cooperation in financial services, equivalence and the impact on market infrastructure. The episode can be found here.

In our latest Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast, Matthew Gregory, Joe Bamford and Anita Edwards discuss the Consumer Duty, which is now in force for all on-sale products and services, and our new Pathfinder tool which has been developed to help firms ensure they have fully implemented the Duty.

Discussion on the new regulatory gateway for approving financial promotions, including stricter standards and the impact on consumer protection. Implementation of the gateway and requirements for higher risk products. Importance of competence, governance, oversight, record keeping, and remuneration arrangements. Notification requirements for approved financial promotions, including timing and application process for the new gateway.

In our EMEA regulatory insights series colleagues from our EMEA offices provide an update on the key regulatory issues they are seeing in their local market. In this first episode Floortje Nagelkerke and Nikolai de Koning from our Amsterdam office discuss what they are seeing in the Dutch market touching on the local regulator’s work on ESG, crypto services and DORA. Floortje and Nikolai also discuss supervisory developments concerning proprietary trading firms, the IFD/IFR and the independent functioning of a supervisory board.

The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 introduces a requirement for the FCA to exercise new functions for the purpose of “seeking to ensure reasonable provision of cash access services in the United Kingdom, or a part of the United Kingdom”. In this Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast Matthew Gregory and Simon Lovegrove discuss HM Treasury’s statement of policy on access to cash and the FCA’s statement on its new powers.