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This network is for financial professionals interested in staying up to date on financial services regulation happening anywhere in the world. CFOs, bankers, fund managers, treasurers welcome.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published a consultation paper - “Best Practice Principles for Improving Regulatory Enforcement and Inspections”. The consultatio...
The Australian Treasury Department has issued an exposure draft of the regulations and related press release to facilitate the operation of derivatives trade reporting regime. Reporting obligations w...
HM Treasury have announced that the UK Government had signed an agreement with the United States to improve international tax compliance and implement the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)...
The International Swaps Dealers Association (ISDA) and the Futures and Options Association (FOA) have jointly published the Client Cleared OTC Derivatives Addendum. This is a template for use by clea...
Following agreement by member states the President of the European Union has announced that the proposals for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) and Regulation (MiFIR) will now mov...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Amended Order expanding, through mutual acceptance by international regulators, the list of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) that can ...
Over the last few months alone, we’ve witnessed: the finalisation of FATCA, Dodd-Frank, EMIR, MiFID II rules, the proposal for an enhancement of existing money laundering rules in the form of the 4th...
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) published a guidance note designed to help boards to understand the risks associated with cybercrime as managing cyber risk is a busine...
The European Commission has published a document containing frequently asked questions (FAQs) following requests for clarifications about the data templates that accompanied its May 2013 consultation ...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) as required under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) has published: A report containing guidelines and recommendations for est...
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) intends to require banks to deduct from Common Equity Tier 1 significant investments in insurance companies above threshold allowances under its implementatio...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Head of Enforcement in a speech provided details of FCA’s enforcement priorities for the coming year. She emphasised that there would be earlier engagement by en...