Regulation Tomorrow Podcast

The first instalment in our new series, Australia financial services monthly wrap up, is available now to stream and download. In this episode Jon Ireland, Ray Giblett and Timothy Chan discuss some of the key regulatory developments that occurred in April including the recent APRA life insurance statistics, changes to prudential regulation in relation to the reinsurance pool for cyclone claims and ASIC’s consultation enhancing its investment products offering.

Financial services partners discuss regulatory developments arising from sanctions on Russia, including the differences between financial sanctions and anti-money laundering regimes, reporting obligations under the Bank Secrecy Act, US sanctions on Russia, red flags in sanctions compliance, consequences of EU sanctions on Russia, and unilateral sanctions imposed by Singapore.

In the first episode of our series focusing on the FCA’s new Consumer Duty, Matt Gregory is joined by Haney Saadah and Joe Bamford who consider some of the practical issues which firms across the distribution chain will need to resolve in order to achieve the new ‘products and services outcome’.

In this episode of RT Plus, Albert Weatherill and Hannah Meakin discuss HM Treasury’s recent response to its earlier consultation and call for evidence on the UK regulatory approach to cryptoassets, stablecoins and distributed ledger technology. In particular, they consider the possible impact that the proposed changes will bring and what is around the corner for cryptoasset regulation in the UK.

In this next instalment of our Beyond Sanctions series, Haney Saadah and Steve Hadwin discuss the FCA’s recent announcement concerning cyber security in light of the events in Ukraine and what boards should be thinking about.

This episode of RT Plus is the latest in our Evolution and Divergence series looking at the emerging differences between the EU and UK in the markets space. In this episode, financial services partners Hannah Meakin and Floortje Nagelkerke look at issues around trading venues, including the scope/definition of a trading venue, the operating conditions of OTFs and MTFs, SME growth markets and the role of market players during market outages.

David Harris and Katie Stephen, Co-Heads of our Contentious Financial Services Group in London, discuss the challenges of navigating the complex landscape of Russian sanctions. They delve into the importance of a strong governance framework, making records, considering other risks, addressing historic issues, and the challenges faced by individuals.

In this month's podcast we take a look at what is coming ahead in a horizon scanning episode. We hear from Steven Howard in the US, who discusses the new regulation around private investment funds; Jon Ireland looks at the new corporate collective investment vehicle regime in Australia; Anna Carrier examines various developments in the EU, including changes to the prudential regime, MIFID and also DORA; and Sebastien Praicheux looks at sustainable finance and crowd funding in France. Simon Lovegrove opens the episode with a look at UK developments. 3:30 - Steve Howard (USA) 15:39 - Jon Ireland (Aus) 23:25 Anna Carrier (EU) 34:10 Sebastien Praicheux (Fra)

Exploring the lessons learned from enforcement cases on market manipulation, including layering, spoofing, and wash trading. Delving into different types of manipulative behavior such as wash trades, squeezes, and share ramping. Discussing indicators of manipulation and providing practical steps firms can take to prevent manipulation.

The podcast discusses market conduct issues, such as price impact of traders and monitoring for unusual trading patterns. They also talk about the Draft Economic Crime Transparency and Enforcement Bill 2022, which aims to prevent money laundering and increase transparency of beneficial ownership information for overseas entities that own land in the UK.