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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SM&CR to Apply to Benchmark Administrators
Posted in Financial Markets, UK Developments
On November 29, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper on applying the Senior Managers Regime (SMR) to benchmark administrators. (For more information on the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, or SM&CR, please see the July 28, 2017 edition of the Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest.)
SM&CR already applies to banks and insurers, and will apply to most other UK financial services firms as of December 9. Because benchmark administrators only began to be supervised by the FCA in January 2018, the SMR will apply to them starting December 7, 2020. This gives these firms one extra year to prepare for the regime.
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