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Bank Of England To Receive New Secondary Objective To Support Payments Innovation
The UK government plans to give the Bank of England a new secondary objective focused on supporting innovation in payment systems and emerging digital money forms. This regulatory shift aims to balance technological advancement with financial stability, extending the Bank's existing innovation mandate from CCPs and CSDs to systemic payment systems, including those using stablecoins.
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Lewis Silkin
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FCA Financial Crime Control Findings: Implications For UK Private Asset Managers And Advisers
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority has recently (22 July 2026) published its review of financial crime controls across 242 asset management and alternatives firms. The findings reinforce themes from the FCA's February 2025 portfolio letter, which identified anti-money laundering controls in private markets as a supervisory priority.
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Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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FCA Consults On Fund Manager Regime Overhaul
The UK is overhauling its alternative investment fund manager regulation with a new three-tier system that promises more proportionate oversight based on firm size and risk. The Financial Conduct Authority's consultation proposes significant changes to valuation, leverage, risk management, and disclosure requirements, while HM Treasury's draft legislation clarifies the scope of AIFs and raises thresholds substantially. These long-awaited reforms aim to modernize outdated EU-derived rules and reduce administ
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Womble Bond Dickinson
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HM Treasury Makes First Designations Under UK CTP Regime
HM Treasury has designated four major global cloud services and technology providers as critical third parties under the UK CTP regime. This marks the first designations since the regime came into force on 1 January 2025, bringing Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Ireland Operations, and Oracle Corporation UK under joint oversight by the Bank of England, PRA and FCA.
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
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FCA Consultation On The Reform Of Solo-regulated Firms’ Remuneration Requirements
The Financial Conduct Authority has published a consultation paper proposing significant reforms to remuneration rules for solo-regulated firms, consolidating three existing codes into a single framework. These changes would simplify deferral requirements, narrow the definition of material risk takers, and shift toward outcomes-focused regulation while removing over 2,000 smaller firms from scope entirely.
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Macfarlanes LLP
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