The Financial Regulation group at Slaughter and May, including partners Ben Kingsley and Nick Bonsall, and professional support lawyer Selmin Hakki, regularly share their thoughts with Practical Law Financial Services subscribers on topical developments in the banking and investment services sector.

In their column for July 2019, Ben, Nick and Selmin consider the financial system's evolving response to climate change; legal uncertainty in the world of cryptoassets, distributed ledger technology (DLT) and smart contracts; and outsourcing and operational resilience (OpRes).