Brexit
Please see the Other Developments section for the MoU agreed between the ECB, FCA and BoE on post-Brexit supervisory cooperation, effective from 1 January.
Capital Markets
Please see the Markets and Markets Infrastructure section for a speech by Mairead McGuinness, European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability, and Capital Markets Union on future regulatory developments.
Consumer / Retail
Please see the Markets and Markets Infrastructure section for a statement by Steven Maijoor, ESMA Chair, to the EP’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee relating to GameStop share trading and related phenomena.
FCA finalised guidance for firms on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers
UK Financial Conduct Authority: Announcements On The End Of LIBOR Date
05/03/2021
The FCA has announced the dates that panel bank submissions for all LIBOR settings will cease, after which representative LIBOR rates will no longer be available. This is an important step towards the end of LIBOR, and the Bank of England and FCA urge market participants to continue to take the necessary action to ensure they are ready.
The FCA has confirmed that all LIBOR settings will either cease to be provided by any administrator or no longer be representative:
immediately after 31 December 2021, in the case of all sterling, euro, Swiss franc and Japanese yen settings, and the 1-week and 2-month US dollar settings; and
26 February
The Financial Conduct Authority (“
FCA”) published Handbook Notice 85, which sets out changes to the FCA Handbook made by the FCA Board on 25 February 2021.
The Financial Action Task Force (“
FATF”) published a document setting out the outcomes from its plenary meeting on 22, 24 and 25 February 2021.
The FCA published a report on its review of product governance in a sample of asset management firms.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (“
ESMA”) issued a press release announcing the publication of revised version of its Q&As on the EU Securitisation Regulation.
ESMA published a consultation paper on draft technical standards under the Regulation on European crowdfunding service providers for business ((EU) 2020/1503) (“
As the end of Q1 2021 draws closer, the Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates (the Working Group) published a Q&A that aims to address the end-Q1 milestone for no new GBP.
UK CCPs: HM Treasury consults on expanded resolution regime - HM Treasury is consulting on an expanded resolution regime for central counterparties (CCPs). HM Treasury intends.