Regulation Tomorrow Podcast

In our EMEA regulatory insights series colleagues from our EMEA offices provide an update on some of the key regulatory issues they are seeing in their local market. In this latest episode James Morris from our Sydney office discuss recent regulatory developments in Australia including: • An overview of ASIC’s recently announced priorities in light of the changing regulatory environment. • Recent developments in the context of regulating buy now pay later products in Australia, including potential changes to the existing surcharging rules. • Changes to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s approach to payments regulation. • AML reforms.

In our latest Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast, Anna Carrier, Nikolai de Koning and Sebastien Praicheux discuss the first milestone of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCAR). MiCAR establishes a regime for the regulation and supervision of crypto-asset issuance and crypto asset service provision in the EU. Among the activities within the scope of MiCAR are the activities of offering to the public or seeking admission to trading asset-referenced tokens (ARTs) and electronic money tokens (EMTs) and issuing such tokens (ART/EMT activities). These activities will be subject to, respectively, Title III and Title IV of MiCAR from 30 June 2024. Also, as from 30 June 2024 ARTs and EMTs constitute regulated instruments under MiCAR and therefore from this date consumers benefit from the rights and protections set out in MiCAR.

Financial services expert Hannah Meakin and compliance specialist Haney Saadah delve into the compliance considerations for financial services firms in light of the upcoming UK general election. They discuss potential regulatory changes, the impact of different government scenarios, compliance risks under a new Labour government, and the implications of a potential coalition government on financial services firms.

In our latest Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast, Jonathan Herbst and Glen Hall discuss what it is like for a new government taking office and, from a financial services perspective, some of the key points arising out of the manifestos and some of the biggest challenges facing a new government.

What are the essential first steps of an investigation? We discuss the key priorities at the start of an investigation, and provide insight into how best to structure and plan an investigation effectively.

Our podcast series Split the Difference explores divergence between the EU and UK regulatory regimes in the markets space. In the latest episode, Hannah Meakin, Anna Carrier and Simon Lovegrove explore the differences between the EU DLT Pilot Regime and the UK Digital Securities Sandbox.

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In our latest Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast, Matthew Gregory, Joe Bamford, Hishaam Khan and Anita Edwards discuss the first annual governing body report, and the governing body’s obligations with respect to it, under the FCA’s Consumer Duty rules. Firms are required to have prepared the report by 31 July 2024, and in this podcast we look at some of the steps firms should be taking to ensure they are ready for the upcoming deadline.

In the latest in our series of Global Regulation Tomorrow podcasts focusing on the future of asset management regulation in the UK, Claire Guilbert, Uzmah Yunis and Anita Edwards discuss the key practical points firms should be considering following the Financial Conduct Authority’s recent consultation on implementing the Overseas Funds Regime and subsequent developments.

In our latest Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast we focus on the FCA’s finalised guidance on the new anti-greenwashing rule. We consider the scope of the new rule, the key differences between the finalised guidance and that consulted on, some “dos and don’ts” for firms and then finally a few words on a new anti-greenwashing tool that we have developed.