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The 2013 Mortgage Market in 140 Characters or Less

2013 has been a pivotal year in the mortgage market – final rules for MMR, new regulatory bodies with the PRA and FCA, house sales and mortgage sales starting to rise, a new Governor of the Bank of En...

20 Dec 2013
Financial Services Regulation
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ESMA updates questions and answers on EMIR reporting

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an updated questions and answers document on “Implementation of the Regulation on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade r...

18 Dec 2013
Financial Services Regulation
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Government agrees Solvency II should apply from 1 Jan 2016

The House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee has published a report which includes the Government’s views on the proposed Regulation to amend the transposition date of Solvency II to 31 January 20...

16 Dec 2013
Financial Services Regulation
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Solvency II: PRA IMAP data request

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has updated its Solvency II news webpage to detail that, on 8 November 2013, it had sent a request to firms in the internal model approval process (IMAP) for ...

13 Dec 2013
Financial Services Regulation
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HM Treasury consults UK reporting requirements under CRD IV

Following consultation on country-by-country reporting under the fourth Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV) HM Treasury is seeking final views on the country-by-country reporting draft legislation...

12 Dec 2013
Financial Services Regulation
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New FCA webpage on CRD III rules

The FCA has published a new webpage containing information about investment firms which may continue to comply with CRD III (i.e. firms subject to the BIPRU prudential sourcebook for Banks, Building S...

11 Dec 2013
Financial Services Regulation
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FCA details its pragmatic approach to reporting obligations

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) held the Markets Conference in November in which Martin Wheatley, Chief Executive, FCA, and David Lawton, Director of Markets, FCA, both delivered keynote speeche...

09 Dec 2013
Financial Services Regulation
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FCA sets out conduct expectation for insurers

Clive Adamson, the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Director of Supervision, spoke at the Insurance Institute of London. In his speech, Mr Adamson discussed the FCA’s overall aim for the insurance...

05 Dec 2013
Financial Services Regulation
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FCA publishes new webpage of approved person applications

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a new webpage which gives information of the volumes of approved person applications for controlled functions that it has received and made a decisi...

04 Dec 2013
Financial Services Regulation
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FCA confirms GABRIEL to be used for close links reporting

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has detailed changes to its Handbook from September 2013 to November 2013. Changes to the Controllers and Close Links Reporting provisions require that these rep...

04 Dec 2013
Financial Services Regulation
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ISDA members commit to begin trade reporting to MAS

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), on behalf of 20 industry participants, has submitted a letter to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to drive trade reporting of over-...

02 Dec 2013
Financial Services Regulation
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MAS finalises derivative trade reporting rules-31 Oct 2013

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published its response to feedback received form its consultation on reporting of derivative contracts. The final requirements now appear in the Securiti...

02 Dec 2013
Financial Services Regulation

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