{"id":1426,"date":"2021-02-01T11:31:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T10:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurexia.com\/insights\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2021-02-01T11:31:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T10:31:27","slug":"regulatory-watch-uk-edition-january-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurexia.com\/insights\/regulatory-watch-uk-edition-january-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulatory Watch &#8211; UK Edition &#8211; January 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>To get the full version of the UK RegWatch, please subscribe by sending an email to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/regulatory.watch\/\">regulatory.watch<\/a>@<a href=\"http:\/\/aurexia.com\/\">aurexia.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this edition of the UK Regulatory Watch, the following topics are covered :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.&nbsp;Top 10 for 2021 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regulatory priorities for firms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.&nbsp;Digital Finance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Balancing regulation and innovation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.&nbsp;SMCR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The journey goes on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. 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