The Financial Regulatory Disputes team at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, including partners Alison McHaffie, Simon Morris and Elisabeth Bremner, regularly share their thoughts with Practical Law Financial Services subscribers on topical developments concerning investigation and enforcement activity in the financial services sector.

In the team's column for September 2018, Alison considers the FCA's Approach to Enforcement consultation, published in March 2018, and its Enforcement annual performance report 2017/18, published in July 2018. Alison assesses the extent to which these publications provide any additional insights into how the FCA will exercise its enforcement powers and whether they herald any significant changes in its approach.