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The Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has confirmed that registered entities and swap counterparties subject to the CFTC swap data record keeping and reporting regulations concerning L...
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a list of central counterparties (CCPs) established in non-EEA countries which have applied for recognition under article 25 of the European...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has now approved the registrations of the first four trade repositories (TRs) under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The four...
The Prudential Regulatory Authority has also issued its consultation on regulated fees and levies. This includes continuing the Special Project Fee in connection with the work required to implement S...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated its European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) notifications and exemptions webpage to state that submissions for the intragroup exemption from ...
With implementation just around the corner, most financial services firms would have hoped to now be making their final FATCA preparations. As it stands though, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has conducted a series of implementation reviews in accordance with its European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) priorities. The reviews involve a repres...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation paper which sets out policy changes to its fee and levy regimes. FCA is proposing to introduce fees for approved reporting mechanisms...
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) has announced its plan to develop a risk based global insurance capital standard (ICS) by 2016. Full implementation will begin in 2019 af...
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published the final guidelines to ensure that national competent authorities (NCAs), insurance companies and groups take active s...
The European Commission has published a proposal to amend the Solvency II Directive to set later dates for its transposition (31 January 2015) and its application (1 January 2016). The proposed Dire...
The Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) has launched a consultation on an opt in Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) equivalent regime for Guernsey licensed fund managers ...