Recent regulatory developments of interest to most financial institutions.
Contents
Tackling financial exclusion: House of Lords Liaison Committee follow-up report
Safe harbour provisions to support the wind-down of critical benchmarks: RFRWG letter
Net zero and the future of green finance: Treasury Committee report
UK Future Regulatory Framework Review: BoE speech on PRA policymaking
UK MiFID research and best execution reporting requirements: FCA CP21/9
Strengthening financial promotion rules for high-risk investments and firms approving financial promotions: FCA DP21/1
Compliance, culture and evolving regulatory expectations: FCA speech
Improving effective regulation: FCA speech
Why black inclusion matters: FCA speech
Climate change and sustainable finance: FCA webpage
Surveys and Reports
Regulatory Developments
United Kingdom: FCA publishes feedback statement on Open Finance
Some of the key findings that the FCA draws out in its feedback statement are:
A legislative framework would be needed for open finance to develop fully, both to provide any statutory right to data access and to support a regulatory framework.
In addition to the regulatory framework, the following building blocks would be needed for a sustainable open finance ecosystem to develop – either in support of voluntary adoption or to support future legislation:
consumer protections informed by an ethical framework;
a liability model;
an implementation entity that is funded and governed equitably; and
The European Commission published a
30 March
FSB”) published a
speech made by Randal Quarles, FSB Chair, that sets out details of the FSB s areas of focus for 2021.
European Securities and Markets Authority (“
ESMA”) published an updated version of its
Q&As (ESMA34-32-352) on the application of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (EU/2011/61) (“
AIFMD”).
HM Treasury published a
statement concerning the first meeting of the Joint Committee established under the UK-US bilateral agreement on insurance and reinsurance prudential measures.
ESMA published its
final report (dated 23 March 2021) (ESMA74-362-1013) on reference data and transaction reporting obligations under the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (600/2014) (“
Key developments of interest over the last month include:
• United Kingdom: The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published two calls for views, one of which focuses on authorised push payment (APP) scams and the other on consumer protection in interbank payments.
• India: The government is planning a cryptocurrency bill with the aim of establishing a framework for the creation of an official digital currency to be issued by the Reserve Bank of India.
• United Kingdom: The FCA is consulting on changes to its technical standards on strong customer authentication (SCA) and common and secure methods of communication (UK SCA-RTS) and to its Payment Services and Electronic Money Approach Document.