UK FCA Handbook Notice 143

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Handbook Notice 143, outlining amendments to its Handbook made through various instruments made at its June and July board meetings including:

• Numerous instruments relating to the UK's upcoming regulatory framework for cryptoassets which come into force on 25 October 2027 and, amongst other things, insert three new sourcebooks into the Handbook, two new chapters in the client assets sourcebook and new sections in the conduct of business sourcebook and supervision manual.
• Definition of Capital for Investment Firms Instrument 2026, which entered into force on 31 July. This instrument makes a minor technical amendment to MIFIDPRU 3.6A.1R to correct an unintended consequence following PS25/14, ensuring that the prohibition on non-cash distributions on own funds instruments operates as originally intended.
• Enforcement (Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024) (Supplementary Amendments) Instrument 2026, which entered into force on 30 July and Enforcement Guide (Amendment) Instrument 2026, which entered into force on 31 July. Following consultation in chapter 9 of CP26/8, these instruments make supplementary amendments to the Glossary, ICOBS, CONC, UNFCOG, ENFG and DEPP sourcebooks to reflect changes in consumer protection legislation, describe the FCA's general approach to the use of its powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, and make clarificatory changes to its description of the use of non-FSMA and FSMA powers in the context of market abuse.
• Prospectus Rules: Admission to Trading on a Regulated Market (Clarificatory Amendments) Instrument 2026. This gives proper effect to aspects of the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading regime, which came into force on 19 January.
• Data Reporting Services (Amendment) Instrument 2026 and Technical Standards (Data Reporting Services) Instrument 2026. Following consultation in CP25/31, these instruments amend the Glossary, MAR 9, DEPP and ENFG sourcebooks, and make changes to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/577, to establish the main regulatory obligations of the equity consolidated tape provider (CTP) and key regulatory requirements for the operation of the UK equity consolidated tape. It also establishes obligations for trading venues and approved publication arrangements to provide information to the CTP.

Feedback to the various consultations behind this Handbook Notice is set out in chapter 3 of the notice.

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