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The European Commission has required the European Securities and Markets Authority to prepare regulatory technical standards on the application of the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)...
Beneficial ownership is gaining significant exposure at the moment, with the UK intending to use its presidency of the G8 Leaders’ Summit next month to promote the improvement of international co-oper...
The PRA has published the slides used at its industry briefings on the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) guidelines on preparing for Solvency II. The PRA’s expectation is...
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has announced that it has developed a common data template for systemically important global financial institutions (G-SIBs) to improve data to support financial st...
The UK Chancellor together with the Brazilian, French, Japanese, South African, German, Russian and Swiss Ministers and the European Commission Commissioner for Internal Market and Services have writ...
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published its fifth progress report on the global implementation of OTC derivative markets reforms. The reports charts the regulatory reform progress across al...
The Global Financial Markets Association together with various associations from Australia, Canada, Japan and Korea have escalated their concerns on the European Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) to the...
HM Treasury have announced that it has agreed with France, Germany, Italy and Spain to develop and pilot the multilateral exchange of tax information. A wide range of financial information will be au...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a Guidance Consultation on the approach it expects recognised investment exchanges (RIEs) and multi-lateral trading facilities (MTFs) to take in res...
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) announced the launch of this initiative which aims to assess the supportiveness of supervisors to enhancing inclusive insurance markets. ...
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) announced that a high level work plan had been agreed for 2013 – 2017 on joint EU and US insurance initiatives with a focus on profes...
FSA Policy development update 157 sets out publication timings for regulatory changes. For insurers this includes in Q3/4 2013: a policy statement following CP 11/23 on Solvency II and linked long-t...