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Showing Our Workings: Solving For Growth, Risk And Trust - Speech By Sarah Pritchard, UK Financial Conduct Authority Deputy Chief Executive, At A Breakfast Briefing At The Whitehall Industry Group

Date 08/07/2026

Key messages:

• The FCA operates at a significant scale, and uses data, technology and smarter systems to deliver more, faster.  We encourage firms to engage with our innovation and pre-application services to help us go further.  
• We want to see a fair, thriving financial services market that works for consumers and the wider economy. 
• Trust in financial markets depends on transparency. It is crucial that we be open about what we are doing, why and how well it is working.

ESMA Launches Common Supervisory Action On CASPs’ Digital Operational Resilience For Custody

Date 08/07/2026

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU regulator and supervisor, is launching a Common Supervisory Action (CSA) focusing on the digital operational resilience of Crypto-Asset Service Providers (CASPs), with a specific emphasis on custody services.

Bloomberg Launches Pre-Trade TCA API, Bringing Execution Intelligence Into Proprietary Trading Workflows - API Connectivity Extends Pre-Trade Execution Intelligence Helping Firms Deliver More Consistent And Efficient Trading Outcomes

Date 08/07/2026

Bloomberg today announced the launch of its multi-asset Pre-Trade Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) API, allowing clients to bring pre-trade and in-trade execution intelligence and analytics directly into their proprietary fixed income and equities trading and investment workflows. For the first time, firms can programmatically access Bloomberg’s pre-trade transaction cost analytics at scale through an API, making execution insights available across a broader range of trading decisions and order flow.

Bank Of England: Minutes Of The UK Money Markets Code Sub-Committee – June 2026

Date 08/07/2026

The Money Markets Committee is a forum for market participants and authorities to discuss the UK unsecured deposits and funding market and securities lending and repo markets.

Corporate Report - The Value Of Resilience: Cyber Resilience In UK Financial Services

Date 08/07/2026

Evidence on how cyber resilience can reduce disruption costs, support growth and strengthen financial performance in UK financial services.

ESMA Publishes Technical Standards On CCP Admission Criteria Elements

Date 08/07/2026

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has published its Final Report on the Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) concerning the central counterparties’ (CCPs) admission criteria elements, following the review of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR 3).

UK Financial Conduct Authority Appoints New Members To The Secondary Markets Advisory Committee

Date 08/07/2026

The FCA has appointed members to its advisory committee on secondary markets for the period July 2026 to July 2028. The committee will increase from 25 to 27 members.

BIS: On The Comparison Of Capital Requirements For Global Systemically Important Banks

Date 08/07/2026

Basel III introduced a comprehensive package of capital reforms to bolster the resilience of the global banking system. While the standard supports regulatory convergence across jurisdictions by establishing a common minimum set of requirements, it also gives national authorities flexibility to exceed the minimum standards. Heterogeneous applications of Basel III across jurisdictions have fuelled perceptions of an uneven playing field and have become central to current debates on how regulation may influence banks' competitiveness.

The EBA Issues Opinion On The Implementation Of IFRS 18 In Supervisory Financial Reporting To Support Consistency With IFRS Requirements

Date 08/07/2026

​The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published today an Opinion providing guidance on how institutions can report profit or loss information during the interim period between the first application date of IFRS 18 and the first application date of the amending Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory financial reporting (FINREP), which are currently under consultation. The Opinion aims to support institutions by avoiding the operational burden of maintaining two different profit or loss formats during the transition period. It is also consistent with the EBA’s broader efforts to simplify and streamline the EU supervisory reporting framework.

ETI Lists On Euronext

Date 08/07/2026

• 44th listing on Euronext in 2026
• The company raised €3 million