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Regulatory Fragmentation: Financial Services Industry Key Trends 2025

Regulatory Fragmentation | Part 2

November 04, 2025

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In this series, Matthew Allen conducts a number of interviews with leaders and luminaries from the financial services industry exploring trends and opportunities in global financial markets in 2025.

Click here to listen to part 1: Matthew Allen’s conversation with Brendan Reilly, Managing Director and Head of US Corporate Affairs at Barclays on the latest trends in regulatory fragmentation.

In this episode, Sierra Nicholson, Head of Financial Services Strategy, is joined by Eversheds Sutherland partners Tim Fosh and Michael Koffler, to reflect on part 1 and explore:

  • How technology is reshaping financial regulation, from automated decision-making to blockchain-based securities, and the challenges these innovations create for regulators
  • The importance of smart regulation that evolves with business models and eliminates outdated rules
  • How innovation in private asset markets is expanding retail investor access and reshaping capital allocation
  • The rapid growth of digital asset markets and how regulators and industry are adapting to this next-generation landscape

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