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David Morrey and Ben Farmer discuss the responses from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) are adapting to growth prioritisation from HM Treasury. They also discuss AML's Thematic review on wholesale brokers' anti-money laundering practises, FCA's controversial email retention policy and its implications, the ongoing Supreme Court case involving finance providers and FCA, and more.

David Morrey and Ben Farmer discuss the regulatory issues that they expect will have a significant impact on the financial services sector in 2025.

In our latest episode, David Morrey and Ben Farmer, discuss the latest updates on motor finance saga where the Supreme Court has expedited an appeal involving Close Brothers, and the FCA's involvement in urging a swift resolution. The FCA's consumer duty feedback, covering various updates and analyses, including the FCA's priorities for 2025, the review of consumer duty annual reports, and insights into complaints and root cause analysis.

In the latest episode David Morrey and Ben Farmer discuss a bumper list of current regulatory issues as previewed in Rachel Reeves's Mansion House speech, aimed at unlocking innovation and growth

The FCA has published its delayed Regulatory Initiatives Grid, for October 2024-March 2025. Here are the key updates.

As the eighth edition of the Regulatory Initiatives Grid by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was delayed in July 2024 due to the General Election, an interim update to the November 2023 edition has been published covering the period October 2024 to March 2025.

The FCA has highlighted how insurance firms need to improve on fair value assessments to align with the Consumer Duty.

David Morrey and Ben Farmer dive into the latest key regulatory update topics.

David Morrey and Ben Farmer dive into the latest key regulatory update topics.

David Morrey and Ben Farmer discuss the impact of the general election on the financial services sector, such as the delays to the regulatory initiatives grid, the finance act, the alternative investment fund designation bill, and the FCA's proposals on naming and shaming.

The controversy over the FCA’s proposal to name and shame firms under investigation and the political and industry opposition to it, PRA Business Plan and its focus on international policy, growth and AI regulation and the FCA’s finalised guidance on anti-greenwashing are just some of the key topics discussed by David Morrey and Ben Farmer in this episode.

The FCA Business Plan 2024/25 landed slightly earlier than usual, but the content and structure are very similar to last year's plan.

The FCA has published an insight setting out examples of good and bad practice that it has observed in firms' implementation of the Consumer Duty.

Could the ongoing Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) investigation into the motor finance industry could be as big as the PPI scandal?

David Morrey and Ben Farmer discuss regulatory topics for 2024 that will have a significant impact on institutions operating in the financial services space.

In our final podcast of the year David Morrey and Ben Farmer discuss the latest edition of the Regulatory Initiatives Grid and recap on regulatory policy publications covering access to cash, sustainability disclosures, critical third parties, the advice guidance boundary and much more.