The new financial services regulatory architecture: influencing the landscape

The Government's proposals to reform the UK financial services architecture are well underway, following publication of HM Treasury's consultation paper on 17 February 2011. The consultation period ended on 14 April 2011. Those working in and for the financial services community need to seize this opportunity to add their voices to the debate and help to ensure that the future UK regulatory landscape is fit for purpose.

This briefing comments on some of the Government's proposals contained in the consultation paper, and identifies some of the key issues and concerns. The briefing is based on the discussion by a webinar panel from the Herbert Smith financial services regulatory team on 9 March 2011.

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Listeners who participated in the webinar were able to cast their votes on certain issues and the results, although not drawn from a statistically significant sample, are interesting and are set out in the briefing. If you are interested in listening to the webinar, please contact Pat Horton.

Background materials

• Summary of the key proposals
• Consultation questions