United Kingdom: Commodities/Derivatives/Stock Exchanges

On May 5, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments that would permit public companies to elect to file semiannual interim reports on a new Form 10-S instead

Regulatory reporting is complex and with the numerous EMIR updates released by ESMA over the years, it can get quite confusing. Recently, the European Commission has published a proposal called EMIR 3.

Regulators and Approved Reporting Mechanisms (ARMs) face the complex challenge of determining which financial transactions must be reported under MiFIR regulations. The Financial Instruments Reference Data Systems (FIRDS) serves as the critical infrastructure enabling this determination, but how exactly does this system work and what are its limitations?

The decision illustrates that whether a firm has complied with COBS 3.5.3R is a matter of regulatory compliance rather than a matter of private contract...

An interest rate derivative (IDR) or swap is a contract between two parties that agree to exchange interest payments based on fixed and floating interest rates.

The UK FCA has fined a capital markets adviser to an energy company GBP100,281 – and banned him from working in financial services – for insider dealing.

On 5 November 2025, HM Treasury (HMT) published a draft statutory instrument, the Over-the Counter-Derivatives (Intragroup Transactions) Regulations 2026 (draft SI), together with a policy note, and the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper (CP25/30).

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper¹ on 14 October 2025 setting out proposals and guidance to support the adoption of tokenization and tokenized funds...

The pound (GBP) traded without a clear direction yesterday, with Sterling rising against weaker peers, amid mixed data on the UK government finances.