Tag: CMA

Inside Q4 2025 fund distribution rule updates

As the final quarter of 2025 begins, fund managers face a rapidly changing regulatory environment that continues to shape how investment funds are distributed...

Zeidler adds Saudi Arabia to MMR-Tool

Zeidler Group has expanded its Marketing Material Review Tool (MMR-Tool) to include Saudi Arabia, marking a major step in its Middle East growth strategy. The...

CMA urges action on Apple and Google UK dominance

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced plans to impose new pro-competition measures on Apple and Google by proposing to designate them...

Why real-time AML screening is critical for Saudi Arabia’s fast-evolving capital...

Traditionally centred on retail banking, AML scrutiny now extends to fast-paced trading environments, where thousands of cross-border and high-frequency transactions occur every second.

CMA exposes potential anti-competitive activity in UK’s bond market by top-tier...

The CMA has issued provisional findings indicating potential collusion among five significant banks on the trading of UK government bonds. 

CMA publishes guidance on business environmental cooperation

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published new guidance on how competition law applies to environmental sustainability agreement between firms.  

Barclays to provide £1m payout to customers for PPI breaches

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has written publicly to Barclays after the bank failed to send a reminder to customers of PPI policies.

UK regulators clear NortonLifelock $8bn purchase of Avast

UK regulators have given the provisional nod for NortonLifeLock to purchase Avast in an $8bn deal.  

UK’s CMA warns Monzo over banking order breach

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has warned Monzo over a breach of retail banking regulations.

HSBC and Santander to refund customers after breaching CMA rules

HSBC and Santander are to refund their customers after they both failed to comply with the Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) rules.

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