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FCA 2025/60 Tackling NonFinancial Misconduct (CP25/18 and PS25/23)
The FCA’s Instrument FCA 2025/60 implements changes arising from CP25/18: Tackling non-financial misconduct in financial services and its associated PS25/23: Tackling non-financial misconduct in financial services | FCA, which aim at enhancing conduct expectations across
FCA MultiFirm Review: Best Execution in UK Listed Cash Equities – Wholesale Banks
The FCA has published a multifirm review examining best execution by wholesale banks in UK listed cash equities. Eight major banks were assessed against obligations under COBS 11.2A and related governance, monitoring, and
FOS updates interest on compensation awards from January 2026
As of 1 January 2026, a New interest rate now applies to compensation awards . The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) introduced this change following a consultation held last year on the interest rate applied to redress awards.
Gentium UK Joins Complyport – A Crypto Regulation Powerhouse
Complyport Strengthens Crypto, Financial Crime and Asset seizure Capabilities with Gentium UK. We are pleased to announce that Complyport, part of the ComplyMAP Group, has officially agreed to acquire Gentium UK Limited, a specialist consultancy
FCA Publish CP25/38 – Enhancing Liquidity Risk Management: What UCITS and NURS Managers Need to know
The FCA has published CP25/38: Enhancing fund liquidity risk management to consult on proposals designed to strengthen the liquidity risk management framework for authorised funds, specifically UCITS schemes and Non-UCITS Retail Schemes (NURS). The
Consumer Duty in Practice: Compliance Implications of the FCA’s Response to the Which? Super-Complaint
In December 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published its formal response to a super-complaint lodged by consumer champion Which?, concerning persistent consumer harm in the UK home and travel insurance markets.
UK Crypto Regulation Advances
The UK is accelerating the development of its cryptoasset regulatory framework, with the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) granting approval to ClearToken as the first regulated, centralised cryptoasset clearing house, and the Bank of England (“BoE”) launching
FCA Fines Nationwide £44m for Failings in Financial Crime Controls
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed a £44,078,500 financial penalty on Nationwide Building Society for significant failures in its financial crime systems and controls during the period October 2016 to July
