Regulation Tomorrow Podcast

In this episode of RT Plus, Jonathan Herbst and Hannah Meakin discuss the FCA's consultation paper, CP22/2, Strengthening our financial promotion rules for high risk investments, including cryptoassets. This much anticipated paper looks to ameliorate the financial promotions regime to match the growth in consumers investing in high risk assets like cryptos. Jonathan and Hannah look at the current financial promotion regime and what is being proposed, including the three new categories of investment.

In this episode of RT Plus, Hannah Meakin and Albert Weatherill from the financial services team meet with Verity Quartermain, a specialist in technology disputes, to discuss the advertising of cryptos. The recent increase in advertising of cryptos and products offering cryptos has lead both the FCA and the Advertising Standards Agency to sit up and take notice. We discuss the implications for market participants

In the first of our Global podcasts - Regulation Around the World - we will take a look at how crypto assets are regulated in various jurisdictions around the globe. We hear from Etelka Bogardi in Hong Kong, Jeremy Wickens in Australia, Glen Barrentine in the USA, Albert Weatherill in the UK and Nikolai de Koning in the Netherlands. Etelka (Hong Kong) - 0:33 Jeremy (Australia) - 14:15 Glen (USA) - 27:12 Albert (UK) - 37:16 Nikolai (Netherlands)- 45:30

In this special episode of RT Plus we are delighted to be joined by the Payment Systems Regulator's Head of Legal, Carole Begent. We discuss the recent PSR investigation into cartels, the card acquirers market review and also the work undertaken by the PSR on scheme fees. We then take a look at the regulator's priorities going forward, including a discussion around how the PSR is tackling app scam liability.

In this episode of RT Plus, Katie Stephen, Co-Head of the Contentious Financial Services Group in London, is joined by Rebecca Dulieu, Senior Associate, to discuss the FCA's recent Policy Statement on issuing statutory notices, under which the FCA is reforming its decision-making process. Katie and Rebecca discuss the key changes brought in by the Statement, their views on these and their thoughts for firms and individuals potentially impacted.

Compliance Manager, Victoria Pridmore, returns to explain what the ICARA process is and what firms should be doing to meet the requirements. She discusses the ICARA process itself, the ICARA document and issues around whether group or consolidated ICARAs are required.

In this special episode of RT Plus, Head of Risk Consulting for EMEA, Lisa Lee Lewis, is joined by Compliance Manager, Victoria Pridmore, to discuss the FCA's authorisation process. They look at different types of authorisation, the latest updates from the FCA on this subject, before walking through a typical authorisation, step by step.

In this bite sized RT Plus we continue to look at the UK IFPR. In this episode, compliance specialist, Victoria Pridmore, examines the regime's requirements around committees - including when they are required and how they should be comprised.

In this special episode of RT Plus, Jonathan Herbst and Matthew Gregory are joined by UK Finance's Director of Strategy and Policy, Matthew Conway, and together they will be discussing the Treasury's latest consultation paper on the Future Regulatory Framework Review. The discussion touches on the notion of new regulatory principles, the nature of a Designated Activities Regime and what the legislative timetable is likely to be.

In the latest episode in this UK IFPR Series Jonathan Herbst and Jochen Vester discuss the group consolidations requirements under the UK IFPR. They look at the factors which trigger the requirement to consolidate and also whether or not firms can rely upon the group capital test.