5/19/2026 1:07:37 PM SFDR 2.0: European Parliament Proposals – A Step in the Wrong Direction for Asset Managers? By Eve Ellis On 28 April 2026, the Rapporteur for the European Parliament published his draft report setting out the Parliament’s initial proposals to...
4/30/2026 11:33:37 AM FCA Review of Customer Due Diligence Processes and Controls: Key Findings for Firms By Eve Ellis Azim Rahman On 8 April 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published findings from its 2025 multi-firm review of customer due diligence...
4/27/2026 10:00:07 AM ESMA Report on the Retail Investor Journey: Key Takeaways By Eve Ellis On 12 March 2026, ESMA published its report summarising the feedback received from its May 2025 Call for Evidence ("CfE") on the retail...
2/13/2026 7:43:07 AM FCA Studying Impact of AI On Financial Services By Eve Ellis Rohan Massey Edward Machin The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched the Mills review and a call for input on the long‑term impact of advanced AI on...
1/30/2026 4:12:08 PM FCA Priorities for 2026: What Investment Managers Should Focus On By Eve Ellis Amanda Raad Khadijah Hasan The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set a clear supervisory agenda for 2026 that blends cultural expectations with faster, targeted...
1/30/2026 3:51:49 PM FCA consults on client categorisation By Eve Ellis Azim Rahman The FCA’s consultation paper CP25/36, published on 8 December 2025, sets out proposals on client categorisation and will inform firms’...
1/7/2026 12:25:07 PM 26 Predictions for ’26 for Sustainability Legal and Compliance Professionals By Michael Littenberg We are ringing in the New Year with our annual predictions for sustainability legal and compliance professionals. In this post, we...
12/3/2025 11:08:36 AM In Case You Missed It: November 2025 Ropes & Gray ESG, CSR and Business and Human Rights Compliance Thought Leadership By Michael Littenberg Every month, our attorneys put out articles, alerts, white papers, blog posts and podcasts on a wide range of ESG, CSR and business and...
11/28/2025 5:18:07 PM Consumer Duty and Client Categorisation By Eve Ellis The Consumer Duty, introduced in 2023 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), sets a higher standard of care that firms must deliver to...
11/27/2025 6:13:09 PM Commission Delegated Regulations on Liquidity Management Tools for AIFs and UCITS By Eve Ellis Azim Rahman The European Commission has adopted two Delegated Regulations specifying the characteristics of liquidity management tools (LMTs) for (i)...
11/26/2025 1:50:37 PM FCA Multi-Firm Review: Consolidation in Financial Advice and Wealth Management By Eve Ellis Elizabeth Todd Shona Ha Azim Rahman +1 more... Show less On 31 October 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the outcome of a multi-firm review into consolidation across the...
11/25/2025 12:48:06 PM ESMA’s Final Report on Management Bodies: What Boards Need to Prioritise Now By Eve Ellis ESMA has finalised its principles for supervising the management bodies of entities under its direct remit. Although the document is...
11/21/2025 7:06:07 PM SFDR 2.0 - The Impact for Asset Managers By Eve Ellis Tegan Shyne The long-awaited SFDR 2.0 has finally been published by the European Commission. It proposes a significant reset of the EU’s sustainable...
11/4/2025 10:46:36 AM In Case You Missed It: October 2025 Ropes & Gray ESG, CSR and Business and Human Rights Compliance Thought Leadership By Michael Littenberg Every month, our attorneys put out articles, alerts, white papers, blog posts and podcasts on a wide range of ESG, CSR and business and...
11/3/2025 2:50:07 PM FCA Updates Treasury Select Committee on Non-Financial Misconduct: Now is The Time to Take Action By Eve Ellis Amanda Raad Sarah Lambert-Porter On October 16, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) sent a letter to the Treasury Select Committee providing an update on its approach...
10/21/2025 10:41:36 AM FCA Review of UK Wealth Management M&A By Eve Ellis Elizabeth Todd Shona Ha Azim Rahman +1 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is preparing to publish the findings of its review into M&A and consolidation in the UK wealth...