International Regulatory Strategy Group

The International Regulatory Strategy Group (IRSG) is a joint venture between TheCityUK and the City of London Corporation. Its remit is to provide a cross-sectoral voice to shape the development of a globally coherent regulatory framework that will facilitate open and competitive cross-border financial services.

It is comprised of practitioners from the UK-based financial and related professional services industry who provide policy expertise and thought leadership across a broad range of regulatory issues.

Within an overall goal of sustainable economic growth, it seeks to identify opportunities for engagement with governments, regulators and European and international institutions to promote an international framework that will facilitate open and competitive capital markets globally and enhance the UK's position as an international centre for financial and related professional services (FRPS). Its role includes identifying strategic level issues where a cross-sectoral position can add value to existing industry views.

It is an advisory body both to the City of London Corporation and to TheCityUK.

A roadmap for the adoption of ISSB Standards

A roadmap for the adoption of ISSB Standards

FS priorities for the Italian G7 and Brazilian G20 Presidencies

FS priorities for the Italian G7 and Brazilian G20 Presidencies

Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Products Providers

Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Products Providers

Anti-Money Laundering and Beneficial Ownership

Anti-Money Laundering and Beneficial Ownership

IRSG publications

Date Title
23 May 2025 Response to HMT on Draft Statutory Instrument (PDF)
14 May 2025 Evidence to House of Lords inquiry into the ‘reset’ of UK-EU relations (PDF)
18 Mar 2025 Response to HoC Public Bill Committee on the Data (Use and Access) Bill (PDF)
14 Mar 2025 Response to FCA DP24/4: Cryptoassets Admissions Disclosures and MARC (PDF)
13 Mar 2025 IRSG & Clifford Chance Report – Harmonising Sustainability Disclosures: A Roadmap for the Adoption of ISSB Standards
19 Feb 2025 Response to UK Green Taxonomy Consultation Response (PDF)
29 Nov 2024 Response to the House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee inquiry into FCA and PRA’s secondary objectives (PDF)
31 Oct 2024 Response to Bank of England’s discussion paper on innovation in money and payments (PDF)
29 May 2024 Response to Digital Securities Sandbox joint Bank of England and FCA consultation (PDF)
8 Apr 2024 Response to PRA's Consultation Paper CP27/23 (PDF)
20 Mar 2024 Financial Services Priorities for the Italian G7 and Brazilian G20 Presidencies Report
8 Feb 2024 Response to FCA's Phase 1 Stablecoins Discussion Paper (PDF)
8 Feb 2024 Response to Bank of England Stablecoins Discussion Paper (PDF)
1 Feb 2024 Response to the FCA’s Guidance consultation on the Anti-Greenwashing rule (PDF)
4 Jan 2024 Response to call for evidence on UK greenhouse gas emissions reporting: Scope 3 emissions (PDF)
11 Dec 2023 Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Products Providers
7 Dec 2023 Anti-Money Laundering and Beneficial Ownership
31 Oct 2023 IRSG Paper – A coherent and interoperable international regulatory framework on Artificial Intelligence (AI) (PDF)
21 Sep 2023 Response to Digital Securities Sandbox consultation by HM Treasury (PDF)
31 Aug 2023 Response to the ISSB Request for Information Consultation on Agenda Priorities (PDF)
25 Jul 2023 Response to EU Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services (EUCS) (PDF)
29 Jun 2023 Response to the HM Treasury Consultation on the Future Regulatory Regime for ESG Ratings Providers (PDF)
21 Jun 2023 Response to 'The digital pound: A new form of money for households and businesses' (PDF)
21 Jun 2023 Response to 'A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation' (PDF)
26 May 2023 Response to updated Green Finance Strategy (PDF)
3 May 2023 Response to HMT future financial services regulatory regime for cryptoassets (PDF)
10 Feb 2023 Response to BoE / FCA DP5/22 – Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (PDF)
13 Dec 2022 Financial Services Priorities for the Japanese G7 and Indian G20 Presidencies Report
14 Sep 2022 Response to Crypto TSC (PDF)
1 Aug 2022 Letter to ISSB consultation on a comprehensive global baseline of sustainability disclosures (IFRS S1 and IFRS S2) (PDF)
8 Jul 2022 The Use of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) in Wholesale Markets
24 Jun 2022 Financial Services Priorities for the German G7 and Indonesian G20 Presidencies
9 Jun 2022 IRSG Narrative – EU Strategic Autonomy (PDF)
31 May 2022 IRSG joint position paper – Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and related Article 8 Taxonomy disclosures (PDF)
6 Apr 2022 The future of international data transfers
1 Apr 2022 Response to HM Government Financial Services Future Regulatory Framework: 'Proposals for reform consultation' (PDF)
21 Feb 2022 'ESG Ratings and ESG Data in Financial Services – A view from practitioners' Report
15 Feb 2022 Response to EDPB Guidelines on the Interplay between the application of Article 3 (PDF)
15 Feb 2022 IRSG Narrative – EU Third Country Regime for Banking Services (CRD6) (PDF)
15 Feb 2022 IRSG Narrative – EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) (PDF)
29 Nov 2021 Response to DCMS consultation “Data: a new direction” (PDF)
11 Oct 2021 Response to ICO consultation on international transfers under UK GDPR (PDF)
8 Sep 2021 Response to IOSCO consultation report on ESG ratings and data product providers (PDF)
8 Jul 2021 The UK regime for overseas firms
7 Jun 2021 Accelerating the S in ESG: a roadmap for global progress on social standards
3 Jun 2021 Financial Services Priorities for the UK’s G7 Presidency
28 May 2021 Recommendations for reviewing the EU Taxonomy for UK application (PDF)
26 Mar 2021 Response to HM Treasury Financial Services Future Regulatory Framework Review Phase II Consultation (PDF)
18 Mar 2021 Global Solutions to Global Problems
10 Mar 2021 Response to guidelines on examples regarding data breach notification (PDF)
21 Jan 2021 IRSG Paper – Financial services priorities for the UK’s G7 presidency (PDF)
8 Jan 2021 Response to EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) (PDF)

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IRSG groups

IRSG groups