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Risk & Compliance Report For the Week Ending: 10 October 2025
Executive Summary This week’s regulatory landscape was driven by three dominant themes: the deepening focus on Artificial Intelligence...

James Ross
Oct 11, 20255 min read


Risk & Compliance Report For the Week Ending: September 26, 2025
Executive Summary The UK is shifting towards bilateralism, forming tailored financial agreements with key non-EU partners. The...

James Ross
Sep 27, 20257 min read


MiCA 2.0: An Analysis of Franco-Austrian-Italian Proposals to Fortify the European Crypto-Asset Framework
Executive Summary The EU’s MiCA Regulation, effective from December 30 2024, marks a milestone in creating a unified legal framework for...

James Ross
Sep 21, 202519 min read


Risk and Compliance Report Week Ending September 19, 2025)
Executive Summary This briefing analyses key regulatory developments for the week ending 19 September 2025. The environment is a...

James Ross
Sep 20, 202515 min read


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1126, for firms seeking authorisation to offer asset-referenced tokens (ART)
Executive Summary This report provides a thorough analysis of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1126, a key legal instrument...

James Ross
Sep 16, 202511 min read


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1125 on ART Authorisation
Executive Summary Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1125 , which entered into force on October 5, 2025, constitutes a critical...

James Ross
Sep 16, 202510 min read


Risk & Compliance Report For the week ending: 12 September 2025
Executive Summary This week's regulatory developments emphasise a continued focus on strong governance frameworks, the implementation of...

James Ross
Sep 13, 20255 min read


The UK's Multi-Moneyverse: the Bank of England's Integrated Strategy for Digital Finance
Executive Summary Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor for Financial Stability at the Bank of England, describes a multi-moneyverse' strategy...

James Ross
Sep 6, 202512 min read


Risk & Compliance Report for the Week Ending 5 September 2025
Executive Summary Recent developments reveal a UK regulatory environment faced with a policy trilemma: balancing a new statutory mandate...

James Ross
Sep 6, 202512 min read


Report: HM Treasury Policy Note and Draft SI on Amendments to the Money Laundering Regulations
1. Executive Summary On September 2, 2025, HM Treasury published a draft Statutory Instrument (SI) proposing key amendments to the UK's...

James Ross
Sep 4, 20254 min read


FCA IFPR September Newsletter
Executive Summary The FCA has published a new IFPR Newsletter. Key points include the mandatory and immediate notification of changes to...

James Ross
Sep 2, 20254 min read


Digital Markets Regulation Developments: August 2025
Executive Summary Recent analyses from key European and international institutions outline a landscape characterised by a strategic...

James Ross
Sep 1, 20255 min read


Financial Crime Developments: August 2025
Executive Summary August 2025 presented several key inflexion points in the global anti-financial crime framework. Three distinct...

James Ross
Sep 1, 20255 min read


DORA & Operational Resilience - August 2025
1. Executive Summary August 2025 was characterised by a palpable shift in the regulatory landscape for digital operational resilience,...

James Ross
Aug 31, 20253 min read


FMLC Response to FCA Consultation on Stablecoin and Cryptoasset Rules (CP25/14)
1.0 Executive Summary The FMLC, while supporting the initiative to regulate cryptoassets, identifies material legal uncertainties and...

James Ross
Aug 30, 20255 min read


US Developments in August
1. Executive Summary In 2025, the United States underwent a paradigm shift in its approach to digital assets, transitioning from a...

James Ross
Aug 30, 20254 min read


Risk and Compliance Report For the week ending 29 August 2025
Executive Summary This week's principal developments include a strategic rationalisatio n of the FCA's supervisory communication...

James Ross
Aug 30, 20254 min read


Evolution for Crypto Investment Products in the UK and US
Recent policy amendments by the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the United States' Securities and Exchange...

James Ross
Aug 27, 20254 min read


Risk and Compliance Report For the week ending 22 August 2025
Executive Summary This week's key regulatory developments demand immediate attention from risk and compliance functions, with significant...

James Ross
Aug 23, 20256 min read


MiCA: Market Abuse RTS Published in the OJ
Executive Summary On 20 August 2025, the European Union published Commission Delegated Regulation 2025/885, establishing the Regulatory...

James Ross
Aug 21, 20253 min read
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