FCA: Illegal crypto trading
FCA has reported on its first operation with partners to disrupt illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading across multiple London locations.
Last updated · 23 Apr 2026
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See allFCA: Understanding the advice market – financial advice firms survey 2025
FCA has published the results of its survey, which is intended to help firms benchmark their practices and to inform the regulator’s supervisory and policy work. Amongst other matters, it is noted that there was positive engagement with the Consumer Duty, particularly in pensions and retirement advice, which account for 69% of clients’ main advice objectives.
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BIS: Cryptoasset service providers as financial intermediaries – risks and policy approaches
This FSI Occasional Paper provides a structured overview of multifunction cryptoasset intermediaries’ products and maps them to the functions of financial intermediation.
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PRA: LIAF01/26: Low impact amendments finalisation
PRA has set out details of low impact amendments it has finalised, including with regard to the FEES Part of the PRA Rulebook; the Skills, Knowledge and Expertise Part of the PRA Rulebook, and an amendment to SS3/18 (on model risk management principles for stress testing). These come into effect on 23 April/30 April 2026.
HMT: Child Trust Funds
The Government is undertaking an extensive awareness campaign urging young people to locate their CTFs through and HMRC will be writing to all 21-year-olds whose accounts remain unclaimed to make them aware they have a CTF.
PRA: LIAC01/26: Low impact amendments
PRA is consulting on a number of low impact amendments, including with regard to the Groups Part of the PRA Rulebook, consequential amendments to PRA rules relating to CRR 2013, amendments to SoP1/16 and 4/16 relating to O-SIIs, and amendments to a SoP relating to Solvency II technical information. Responses are required by 21 May 2026.