The FCA’s Board has asked for a consultation to be prepared on a redress scheme, under s404 of the Financial Services and Markets Act, for former members of the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) who transferred their pension. Subject to final approval of the consultation documents by its Board, the FCA expects to consult by […]
Since March 2020 we have adopted temporary measures on the requirement for firms to issue 10% depreciation notifications to investors (COBS 16A.4.3 UK). The measures were put in place initially to help firms support consumers during market volatility linked to Covid-19 and the Brexit transitional period. We said we would show supervisory flexibility to firms’ ongoing compliance with the requirement so […]
Home News Statement on supervision of commodity derivatives position limits Statements First published: 20/12/2021 Last updated: 20/12/2021 In December 2020, we published a Supervisory Statement setting out our approach to operating the MiFID markets regime after the end of the EU withdrawal transition period. This approach included a change to our supervisory and enforcement actions for commodity derivative position limits in the light of evidence […]
The FCA has issued a Decision Notice to Finablr plc refusing the company’s application for cancellation of its premium listing with reference to LR 5.2.7R. This rule allows for cancellation without a shareholder vote if certain conditions are met. Premium-listed issuers ordinarily require shareholder approval (according to LR 5.2.5R) to cancel the listing of its […]