Braithwate + Change Gap are working with Deutsche Bank to develop an open source data standard for a taxonomy and ontology to classify financial regulation. Learn more at the Open Source Strategy Forum on Tuesday 5th October.

Financial regulators around the world collect troves of data from financial institutions. Opening this up to the public offers an opportunity to improve financial services. Read more in our Op Ed in Financial News.

We’re excited to open the doors to Braithwate’s new office in London. As specialist advisers in financial services, there really was only one place for us to be - in the heart of the city.

Braithwate launches Office Hours - free weekly consultation sessions to help the financial services community better understand and respond to evolving regulatory requirements and market dynamics. Book your consultation online now!

Braithwate analyzes the SEC’s Risk Alert on the focus of examinations for firms dealing in digital assets. The risk alert covers Investment Advisors, Broker-Dealers, National Exchanges and Transfer Agents and highlights key themes that the SEC’s examiners have identified. Firms should review the risk alert and ensure their compliance program meets these supervisory expectations.

Hot on the heels of a raft of new crypto regulation in the US (and not long after EU's proposed Markets in Crypto Assets regulation), the UK has announced a new regulatory approach to crypto-assets and stablecoins, along with a warning from the FCA that cryptocurrency investments may be "very high risk".

While most of the world was taking a much-needed break over the holiday season, US financial regulators steamed ahead, issuing a raft of new regulations designed to address the lack of standards for the crypto-asset marketplace.

The infographic below is Braithwate's summary of the key components: three regulated forms of Crypto-Asset (Utility Token, Stablecoin and E-Money Token) and new authorisations and compliance requirements for Crypto-Asset Service Providers.

In this infographic, we set out the five steps to regulatory compliance, along with key considerations for Compliance leaders.