International

    Regulators to Identify Further ‘Systematically Important’ Financial Institutions

    By Editors | 09/01/2014

    Regulators are looking to complement their existing ‘too big too fail’ financial organizations with those from the non-bank, non-insurance sector.

    SWIFT Creates KYC Registry and Financial Crime Compliance Unit

    By Editors | 07/01/2014

    SWIFT announces the creation of a Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry for the collection and distribution of standard information required by banks as part of their due diligence process.

    IOSCO Publishes Retail Structured Products Report

    By Editors | 23/12/2013

    The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published their report on Regulation of Retail Structured Products. The report will act as a toolkit outlining regulatory options for international securities regulators when regulating retail structured products.

    Bloomberg Launches Compliance Center

    By Editors | 19/12/2013

    With recent controversy surrounding group chat rooms used by financial firms including measures by Barclays, Citigroup and Royal Bank of […]

    Securities / Derivatives

    IOSCO Concerned Over Asian CPP Assessment

    By Editors | 03/12/2013

    “Imposing conditions and standards that are not relevant for non EU Central Counterparties (CCP) would give rise to severe problems” […]

    ESMA Issues Final Draft Regulatory Technical Standards for Non-EU Counterparties

    By Editors | 19/11/2013

    The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) related to derivative transactions by […]

    FSB Publishes Annual Update to Global Systematically Important Banks

    By Editors | 12/11/2013

    The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published their annual update to their group of Global Systematically Important Banks (G-SIBs). The […]

    BIS Releases Liquidity Stress Testing Survey

    By Editors | 29/10/2013

    The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has released a working paper titled “Liquidity stress testing: a survey of theory, empirics […]

    Second IOSCO Hedge Fund Survey Published

    By Editors | 22/10/2013

    The International Organization of Securities Commissions has published the Report on the Second IOSCO Hedge Fund Survey. The aim of […]

    SEC Halts Worldwide Pyramid Scheme

    By Editors | 21/10/2013

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges and asset freezes against the operators and promoters of a worldwide pyramid […]

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