On December 14, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its first consultation paper on the implementation of the Investment Firms Prudential Regime (IFPR) (CP20/24) with its proposal for the UK’s new regulatory capital/ prudential rules following the end of the Brexit transition period (the Consultation Paper).

The FCA intends to create a new Prudential sourcebook for Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) Investment Firms (MIFIDPRU).
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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 February 19, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a “Dear CEO” letter that it recently sent to IFPRU investment firms and BIPRU firms (as defined below) concerning the quality of information submitted to the FCA in prudential regulation returns.
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