NRF Global Regulation Tomorrow Podcast

Let's talk asset management M&A - Episode 4: Due diligence and regulatory issues by NRF Regulation Tomorrow Podcast

In the next episode of our mini-series on the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech and Leeds Reforms, Katie Stephen, Matthew Gregory, Haney Saadah and Catherine Pluck discuss the proposals in relation to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, as well as the proposals around authorisations.

In the fourth episode of our new mini-series covering UK cryptoasset regulation Jonathan Herbst, Hannah Meakin and Charlotte Carnegie discuss the FCA’s proposed prudential requirements.

In the third episode of our mini-series on the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech and Leeds Reforms, we start by exploring the papers that impact markets followed by banking (7:24), and digital innovation (16:00).

In the third in our new mini-series looking at the UK’s approach to regulating cryptoassets, Hannah Meakin, Jonathan Herbst and Simon Lovegrove discuss custody.

In the first podcast in our new mini-series series on the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech and Leeds Reforms, we look at the big picture, the key themes behind the government’s reforms and what the latest is on the Berne Financial Services Agreement.

In our podcast series, Let’s talk asset management, partners from our financial services and asset management teams provide listeners with a crash course on one or more hot topics in the asset management sector. By doing this, listeners will be able to build their knowledge and get insights on recent regulatory developments and market trends. In this podcast Frank Herring and Simon Lovegrove discu...

In this latest episode of Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus we consider the Financial Conduct Authority’s consultation paper, CP25/19, which proposes changes to the ancillary activities exemption.

In the latest episode of our Let’s talk asset management series, Hannah Meakin, Lucy Dodson and Simon Lovegrove discuss the Financial Conduct Authority’s findings following a review of business models for smaller asset managers and alternatives.

In this episode, members of our global investigations team — Ashley Kuempel, Keith Rosen, Kevin Harnisch, Andrew Reeves and Claudia Van Gruisen — discuss recent developments in anti-bribery enforcement and what they mean for companies worldwide. Topics include: Insights from the recent DOJ–SFO meeting and its implications for global enforcement The impact of DOJ budget shifts on future investigati...

Richard Sheen and Clementine Hogarth are joined by one of our Regulatory lawyers, Giota Skiathiti to discuss the gap period between signing and closing in a M&A deal. This episode covers: •Regulatory approvals and their impact on deal timing •Managing business conduct •Mitigating personnel attrition •Jurisdiction-specific filing challenges •Cultural integration and retention strategies

In this latest episode of Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus we delve into the Financial Conduct Authority’s expansion of the Conduct Rules (COCON) to non-banks, the evolving expectations around workplace culture, and the practical implications for firms’ policies and procedures including some next steps that firms should be considering. Contacts: Katie Stephen, Catrina Smith, Joe Smallshaw, Rebecca...

In this latest episode of Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus we discuss the Financial Conduct Authority’s recent multi-firm review of risk management and wind-down planning at e-money and payments firms, alongside the regulator’s Dear CEO letter from earlier this year, which outlined the FCA’s priorities for payments firms. Both publications paint a picture that many e-money and payment firms are sti...

In our EMEA regulatory insights series colleagues from our EMEA offices provide an update on some of the key regulatory issues they are seeing in their local market. In this latest episode Sebastien Praicheux from our Paris office discusses: •A recent speech delivered by Denis Beau, First Deputy Governor of the Banque de France, during the June 2025 General Assembly of the French Banking Associati...

In the second episode of our vodcast series, Richard Sheen and Clementine Hogarth, partners in our London Financial Institutions team continue their discussion on asset mangement M&A, exploring deal structure and value. They discuss the practical considerations behind share vs asset purchases, including when statutory transfers like Part VII may be appropriate. Valuation is a key focus, partic...

Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus: UK cryptoasset regulation mini-series – Episode 2 – Qualifying stablecoins by NRF Regulation Tomorrow Podcast

In the latest episode of our Let’s talk asset management series, Hannah Meakin, Lucy Dodson and Simon Lovegrove discuss the Financial Conduct Authority’s findings following a review of business models for smaller asset managers and alternatives.

This podcast is the second in a mini-series discussing risk assessments, which are the cornerstone of an effective risk and compliance program and necessary in a number of areas to meet UK regulatory requirements. The first of our podcasts in the series focused on the on the new failure to prevent fraud offence which comes into force soon, on 1 September 2025 (listen here). This second podcast is...

In the first episode of our new vodcast series, Richard Sheen and Clementine Hogarth, partners in our London  Financial Institutions team, explore the key forces driving mergers and acquisitions in the asset management industry.

In the seventh episode of our Inside Investigations podcast series, Jeremy Lua (Counsel, APAC Cybersecurity and Data Privacy, Singapore), Fiona Bundy-Clarke (Counsel, Data Protection and Technology, London), Ashley Kuempel (Partner, Regulations, Investigations, Security and Compliance, Austin), Rita Nader-Guéroult (Counsel, Investigations and Business Ethics Team, Paris) and Rongxin Huang (Partner...

In our EMEA regulatory insights series colleagues from our EMEA offices provide an update on some of the key regulatory issues they are seeing in their local market. In this latest episode Michael Born from our Frankfurt office discusses recent communications from the German regulators regarding MiCA and CRD 6 and BaFin’s recent annual press conference. Contacts: Michael Born and Simon Lovegrove

In the first in our new mini-series looking at the UK’s approach to regulating cryptoassets, Jonathan Herbst, Hannah Meakin and Anita Edwards discuss the new regulated activity of operating a qualifying cryptoasset trading platform.

In the latest episode of our podcast series, Let’s talk asset management, Claire Guilbert, Hannah Meakin, Lucy Dodson and Simon Lovegrove explore the similarities and differences between Luxembourg’s Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF) and the UK’s Reserved Investor Fund (RIF).

Recent tariff developments have transformed the international trade landscape with consequent market volatility. In our latest Global Regulation Tomorrow Plus podcast, Katie Stephen, Hannah Meakin and Catherine Pluck discuss the impact of volatility on market abuse risk, as well as some of the key practical steps that firms can take to mitigate that risk. For further knowledge resources in relatio...

In the latest episode of our podcast series, Split the Difference, Jonathan Herbst, Hannah Meakin, Anna Carrier and Simon Lovegrove cover the draft UK legislation for regulating cryptoassets and recent FCA discussion paper and compare it with the EU Regulation on markets in cryptoassets regulation.