Overview

This weekly round-up of financial services regulatory news from Macfarlanes covers the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association’s new Handbook on professional standards for private equity and venture capital which has been released for public consultation as well as the FSA’s recently published policy statement on client money and asset return.
It also covers: OECD recommendations on regulatory policy and governance; changes to money laundering regulations and the Financial Services Consumer Panel’s six point plan for the mortgage market.