Financial services newsletter - Issue 5

28 August 2025

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This is the fifth edition of our newsletter, where we cover some of the major developments across the financial services sector throughout 2024 and look towards 2025.

In the fifth instalment of our financial services newsletter, Chris Monks discusses the launch of the General Data Protection Regulation and the progress made in implementing Basel III as we move towards implementation in 2028. We review the independent report on Insurance Ireland’s Code of Practice for underwriting mortgage protection for cancer survivors, and EIOPA’s proposed changes to ITS on reporting and disclosure.

We also explore the European Single Access Point and its implications for financial and sustainability disclosures. On the ESG front, firms are reminded that ESMA’s guidelines on sustainability-related fund names are now in force.

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