Tim Cant

Partner, Ashurst

Tim is a partner in our financial regulation practice. He specialises in providing financial services regulatory advice to a range of, investment managers, market infrastructure providers, brokers and banks. He has previously worked in the FSA's Markets and Infrastructure Department and his experience covers many aspects of FCA regulation including advice on AIFMD, MiFID and client money and custody issues.

Tim has completed a secondment at HM Treasury where he advised on the UK implementation of MIFID II. Tim is a member of the FCA Markets Practitioner Panel.

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The post-reform ring-fencing regime—issues for financial institutions

Practice Notes

This Practice Note provides an overview of the background to the 2025 reforms to the UK’s ring-fencing regime under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Ring-fenced Bodies, Core Activities, Excluded Activities and Prohibitions) (Amendment) Order 2025, SI 2025/30, summarises the key changes introduced, and highlights the practical and compliance issues that ring-fenced banks and their groups may encounter.

Financial Services