Boutique asset managers are increasingly losing their home country bias in the search for investment growth, in particular switching into Europe in 2015 despite the…
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated the criteria and outlined the process it uses when deciding whether to refer a firm or individual to…
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have today published the final rules confirming the approach to improving individual accountability in the…
The European real estate industry has expressed concern over draft European Banking Authority (EBA) guidelines that could both limit how much banks can lend to…
GFT has shared the findings from a global research project aimed at uncovering the attitude of the global investment banking community to ‘The New Normal’…
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has now published reports assessing the implementation of the Basel risk-based capital framework and the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR)…
AxiomSL has confirmed its award-winning regulatory reporting platform includes all of the functionality financial firms will need to comply with the Analytical Credit Dataset (AnaCredit)…
Speaking at the FIA International Derivatives Conference in London, Timothy Massad talked about his surprise a year ago when the US had not been granted…
FIA Europe has published a review of the cumulative effect of European derivatives law reform, setting out the core issues and offering potential solutions to…
In a case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Scott Crawley, Dale Walker, Daniel Forsyth, Brendan Daley, Aaron Petrou, Ross Peters, Adam Hawkins, and…
Convergex and Westminster Research Associates have released the results of their CSA & Research Usage Survey, exploring how financial industry participants use research in their…
SIFMA’s Asset Management Group (“SIFMA AMG”) have submitted a comment letter expressing concerns with the second public consultation on Assessment Methodologies for Identifying Non-Bank Non-Insurer…
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an Opinion to the European Union (EU) institutions on the impact of EMIR on UCITS. In…
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out the issues it will focus on as part of its market study into competition in investment and…
Buy-side firms are under a global microscope to ensure they act in the best interests of their clients, according to TABB Group in the first…
Now that Europe has begun to implement a much-delayed program of reforms reshaping the landscape for swap market participants, TABB Group in new research, “European…
The US department of Justice has announced a law enforcement action against financial institutions that participated in a display of collusion and foreign-exchange rate market…
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Paul Reynolds (formerly known as Paul Brian Reynolds) £290,344 and banned him from performing any function in relation…
ESMA has updated it’s Q and A for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive. The answers are intended to help AIFMs by providing clarity as…
In a speech on May 11th 2015, Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has spoken of the need to undertake a thorough…