Following an enforcement investigation into the Co-operative Bank Plc (Co-op Bank) the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), supported by a team of investigators at the Financial…
The European Commission has adopted new rules that make it mandatory for certain over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate derivative contracts to be cleared through central counterparties….
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published today its ninth progress report on implementation of OTC derivatives market reforms. G20 Leaders agreed in 2009 to a…
Preqin’s latest survey of global hedge fund managers reveals that most UK- and Europe-based hedge fund managers are AIFMD-compliant. By contrast, there has been slow…
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…