From Paper to Practicality

Join ACA’s transaction reporting specialists on 18 November 2026 for a practical webcast on preparing for the FCA’s transaction reporting reforms and developing an effective implementation plan.

The FCA’s final reforms, set out in Policy Statement 26/15, will take effect on 3 April 2028. The FCA is taking a flexible supervisory approach in specified areas during the implementation period. Draft schema files and validation rules are now available, and the FCA expects to publish the final Transaction Reporting User Pack by 3 April 2027. Firms should use this period to assess reporting logic, data quality, governance, and controls and identify areas that need attention ahead of implementation.

In this webcast, ACA specialists will translate the reforms and latest implementation guidance into practical actions for affected firms. We will explore where the changes may create implementation risk, what firms should test now, and how to identify and address gaps ahead of the new regime.

Discussion Topics

• Understanding what is changing and when: The key reforms, implementation timetable, and practical implications of PS26/15
• Revisiting reportability: Preparing for changes to reportable instruments, including the removal of FX derivatives and instruments traded only on EU trading venues
• Applying the FCA’s transition approach: Understanding supervisory flexibility, the latest implementation guidance, and the steps firms can take now
• Preparing for revised reporting fields: Assessing the impact of the reduction from 65 to 52 fields on systems, reporting logic, interfaces, and reconciliations
• Strengthening data quality and controls: Identifying weaknesses in validation, completeness, and consistency before they become remediation issues
• Using the transition period effectively: Identifying opportunities to simplify reporting while building a more resilient framework

Who Should Attend

CCOs and heads of compliance, COOs and operations directors, heads of regulatory reporting, transaction reporting managers and analysts, compliance monitoring and assurance professionals, change, transformation and regulatory implementation leads, data, technology and operations teams supporting MiFIR reporting, risk and internal audit professionals with oversight of transaction reporting

Speakers

• Charlotte Longman, Managing Director, UK Regulatory Advisory, ACA Group
• Andraé Young, Senior Principal Consultant, UK Regulatory Advisory, ACA Group

Join us to move beyond the policy statement and understand how to translate the FCA’s reforms and latest implementation guidance into a practical plan for 2028.