The policy development update provides some information on our recent and upcoming publications but should not be regarded as comprehensive. We usually update this page on the first Friday of each month – this version is current as of 4 January 2019.
Publications issued
The following publications were issued recently:
- CP18/37: Product intervention measures for retail binary options
- CP18/38: Restricting contract for difference products sold to retail clients and a discussion of other retail derivative products
- CP18/38: Technical annex
- CP18/39: Quarterly Consultation Paper No 23
- CP18/40: Consultation on proposed amendment of COBS 21.3 permitted links rules
- CP18/40: Consultation on proposed amendment of COBS 21.3 permitted links rules
- CP18/41: FCA and PRA changes to mortgage reporting requirements
- CP18/42: High-Cost Credit Review: Overdrafts consultation paper and policy statement
- CP18/42: Technical Annex
- CP18/43: High-Cost Credit Review: Feedback on CP18/12 with final rules and guidance and consultation on Buy Now Pay Later offers
- CP18/44: Brexit – Regulatory Technical Standards for Strong Customer Authentication and Common and Secure Open Standards of Communication
- DP18/10: Patient Capital and Authorised Funds
- FG18/5: Summary feedback for guidance
- FG18/6: Helping tenants find alternatives to high-cost credit and what this means for social housing landlords
- FG18/7: Summary of feedback received
- Handbook Notice 61
- PS18/22: Authorised push payment fraud - extending the jurisdiction of the Financial Ombudsman Service
- PS18/23: Claims management: how we will regulate claims management companies
- PS18/24: Approach to final Regulatory Technical Standards and EBA guidelines under the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2)
- PS18/25: Implementation of the EU Securitisation Regulation and the amendment to the Capital Requirements Regulation (including DEPP and EG changes) – Final and near-final rules
- Market Watch 58
- Payment Services and Electronic Money – Our Approach
- Payment Services and Electronic Money – Our Approach (version 2)
- Temporary permission notification direction (e-money)
- Temporary permission notification direction (payments)
- Ex post Impact Evaluation Framework – Feedback Statement
- Draft instrument: Exiting the European Union: Gibraltar (General Rules) instrument 201[x]
Upcoming publications
The list below is arranged under the blocks of our Handbook where the policy is likely to be given effect. For an explanation of the blocks see our Handbook Reader's Guide and for an overview of the Handbook see the structure diagram. While we aim to ensure it is accurate, the entries are not comprehensive and dates do not represent firm commitments by us.
Some items in quarterly consultation papers may have a shorter or longer consultation period than the consultation period stated in this update.
High level standards
|
Future publications |
Intended audience |
Module |
Expected date |
Consultation period |
Expected feedback date |
| General standards and communication rules for the payment services and e-money sectors – PS to CP18/21 | Payment service providers (PSPs) and e-money issuers, consumer bodies and relevant trade bodies | PRIN, BCOBS | January 2019 | N/A | N/A |
| Approach to final Regulatory Technical Standards and EBA guidelines under the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) – PS to CP18/25 | Payment Service Providers and Credit Unions | GLOSS, SUP, DISP, CREDS, BCOBS | December 2018 | N/A | N/A |
| Consultation and discussion on Investment Platforms Market Study remedies (to be published alongside the Market Study Final Report) | Platform Service Providers, other firms that distribute retail investment products, fund managers. | COBS | March 2019 | 3 months | Q4 2019 |
| Regulatory fees and levies: policy proposals for 2019/20 - PS to CP18/34 |
|
GLOSS FEES | March 2019 | N/A | N/A |
| Recovering the costs of regulating securitisation repositories after the UK leaves the European Union |
|
GLOSS FEES | January 2019 | 1 month | March 2019 |
| OPBAS (Office for professional body anti-money-laundering supervision): fee rate 2018/19 – PS to CP18/32 |
|
FEES App2 | March 2019 | N/A | N/A |
| FCA regulated fees and levies: rates proposals 2019/20 |
|
GLOSS FEES | April 2019 | 2 months | July 2019 |
|
Review of the permitted links rules for insurers in relation to investment in Patient Capital and a discussion paper on Patient Capital investment in authorised funds. |
|
COBS | December 2018 | 2 months | End February 2019 |
| General insurance value measures reporting CP |
|
ICOBS, REP, PROD | Q1 2019 | 3 months | H2 2019 |
Quarterly Consultation Papers
|
Publication |
Chapter |
Modules |
Expected date of feedback* |
| CP18/24 Quarterly Consultation No. 22 (September 2018) | 2: Changes to reporting requirements in SUP | SUP | TBC |
|
CP18/24 Quarterly Consultation No. 22 (September 2018) |
3: Changes to supervisory principles |
SUP |
Winter 2018/19 |
|
CP16/21 Quarterly Consultation No. 14 (September 2016) |
6: Mutuals' deferred shares |
GLOSS, COBS |
TBC |
|
CP16/17 Quarterly Consultation No. 13 (July 2016) |
8: A new 'pooled investment vehicle' definition for the marketing restriction rules on NMPIs |
GLOSS |
TBC |
* Feedback to QCP consultations will publish in the Handbook Notice.
Other publications
Major policy initiatives may have their own dedicated sections on our website and their progress will not be recorded here. Check under the firms and markets sections of this site.
Consumer publications
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Contacts
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