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The consultation response heralds innovation-friendly reform to the UK wholesale capital markets regime.

By Rob Moulton and Dianne Bell

On 1 March 2022, HM Treasury published its response to the July 2021 consultation on the Wholesale Markets Review after considering the feedback received. The consultation response sets out changes that are expected to “liberate businesses from unwieldy and stifling rules that hold back their ability to grow and innovate”, according to Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Glen.

Equivalence decisions for EEA states, green finance and fintech initiatives are at the forefront of the UK government’s priorities.

By Rob Moulton, Anne Mainwaring, and Anna Lewis-Martinez

On 9 November 2020, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, delivered a statement setting out plans for the start of a new chapter for UK financial services to ensure that the UK remains “an open, attractive international financial centre” post-Brexit. These plans include the announcement of a set of equivalence decisions for EEA states, as well as proposals for a greener financial services industry, reforming access to the UK’s markets, and growing and investing in fintech.

The UK government clarifies its legislative plans for financial services regulatory reforms post-Brexit.

By Rob Moulton and Anna Lewis-Martinez

On 23 June 2020, the House of Commons published a written statement from Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the UK’s approach to implementing financial services regulatory reforms before the end of the Brexit transition period, to ensure relevant regulations remain appropriate for the UK financial sector.

The statement outlines several areas, discussed below, in which the UK is looking to amend the implementation of EU financial regulation.

10 Key Regulatory Focus Areas for UK/European Wholesale Markets in 2019

By David Berman, Carl Fernandes  Nicola Higgs, Rob Moulton, Charlotte Collins, and Christopher Sullivan.

In the fifth post of this 10-blog series, we identify key milestones in the derivatives market for the year ahead. This is taken from our wider publication: 10 Key Regulatory Focus Areas for UK/European Wholesale Markets in 2019 – Progress Report. Read the full publication here.