On April 22, the House of Commons Treasury Committee (Committee) published a report on net zero and the future of green finance in the UK (the Report) along with a press release.

The key recommendations proposed by the Committee to achieve net-zero in the UK by 2050 include:
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On November 16, the UK’s HM Treasury, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) jointly published a statement on the introduction of the new Investment Firms Prudential Regime (IFPR) and the UK implementation of Basel standards reflecting the CRR II Regulation (the Statement).
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On October 9, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) jointly published a Dear CEO letter to regulated firms regarding final preparations for the end of the Brexit transition period (the Letter).

The key areas addressed by the FCA and PRA in the Letter include:
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On September 24, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) updated their respective statements, originally published in March, regarding key workers and working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both the FCA and PRA advised firms to follow government advice on remote working until notified otherwise.
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On May 13, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) announced that they will resume full supervisory engagement with dual regulated firms on their London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) transition progress from June 1, 2020 (the Announcement). Such engagement will include data reporting at the end of Q2 in light of the PRA and FCA suspended transition data reporting at the end of Q1 for dual regulated firms and the Banks of England’s (BoE) Financial Stability Report on May 7, 2020 regarding the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.
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On April 30, the Bank of England (BoE) and the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a joint statement, and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a statement on HM Treasury’s proposed use of the UK financial services regulators’ temporary transitional power (TTP) for up to two years after the end of the Brexit transitional period in December 2020 (the Statements). 
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On April 6, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) updated its joint statement with the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) on its expectations of dual-regulated firms applying the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR) during the COVID-19 pandemic (the Statement).
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On March 20, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the UK’s Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) separately published guidance on steps for firms to take to identify key workers in the financial services industry (as, exceptionally during this crisis period while schools are closed, the children of such key workers may continue to attend UK schools).
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On March 25, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) updated its webpage on the temporary permissions regime (TPR) to announce that it intends to extend the notification window for European Economic Area (EEA) firms and fund managers wishing to enter the TPR to the end of April 11. On March 26, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) also updated its webpage on the TPR to make an equivalent announcement. (For more information on the TPR, please see the Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest edition of January 11, 2019.)
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