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 October 2020, Ben, Nick and Selmin consider recent regulatory developments relating to LIBOR transition, the FCA's September 2020 consultation paper on its approach to the authorisation and supervision of international firms, and the European Commission's ambitious Digital Finance Strategy and related legislative proposals in the area of cryptoassets.