UK’s financial regulator sets up US and Asia-Pacific outposts

GlobalData

Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 4:54 AM 2 min read

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has expanded into the US and Asia-Pacific to amended planetary cooperation.

The determination marks the FCA’s archetypal planetary expansion.

Tash Miah has been appointed to correspond the FCA astatine the British Embassy successful Washington, DC, starting successful April.

In her role, Miah volition collaborate with the Department for Business and Trade to heighten UK-US fiscal services argumentation and regulatory cooperation, portion besides assisting US fiscal firms successful knowing UK regulations.

Tash Miah joined the FCA successful 2022, wherever she has been progressive successful the planetary part focusing connected non-bank fiscal intermediation (NBFI) and starring the fiscal stableness engagement radical (FSEG).

In addition, Camille Blackburn volition instrumentality connected the relation of manager for Asia-Pacific, with plans to unfastened a determination bureau successful Australia by July 2025.

Blackburn's responsibilities volition see aiding fiscal services firms successful navigating regulations to participate the UK marketplace oregon rise capital, arsenic good arsenic providing enactment to UK firms looking to grow into the Asia-Pacific region.

Camille Blackburn has served arsenic the manager of wholesale buyside astatine the FCA since 2022, overseeing supervision, policy, and marketplace investigation for plus absorption and related services.

FCA supervision, policy, contention and planetary enforcement manager Sarah Pritchard said: “The UK is simply a planetary hub for fiscal services. We are committed to continuing to physique our planetary web and planetary reputation.

“These appointments volition assistance america present connected our ngo to enactment maturation done the export of UK fiscal services and attracting much inward concern to our shores.”

Earlier this month, FCA proposed regulatory changes for alternate plus managers to facilitate marketplace entry, beforehand growth, heighten competition, and promote innovation successful the sector.