By Esther Carenza ( April 15, 2021, 1:14 PM EDT) -- This is the third instalment of a five-part series explaining the new investment firm regime in the U.K. The new regime for the prudential regulation of investment firms was adopted in 2019 as the new Investment Firms Directive EU 2019/2034 and the Investment Firms Regulation EU 2019/2033, which came into force Dec. 26, 2020....