Two questions on the matching of settlement instructions are new, as ESMA publishes a new issue of its Questions and Answers that clarifies the new rules to improve settlement under CSDR. New Q&A versions are also released relating to regulations including AIFMD and MiFID II.
Standard Chartered has lost one of its top regulatory experts after industry veteran Angus Fletcher departed from the bank after less than two years in his role. Fletcher oversaw the bank’s global markets and compliance branch within the global regulatory affairs department in London at...
Corporate bonds is one of several asset types whose market liquidity will take a serious punch by the EU’s new mandatory buy-in regime for cases of trade failures under CSDR, says industry body.
Closet tracker funds – namely investment products which charge active management fees but whose strategies are clearly passive in nature – have been on the radar of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for a long time. The UK regulator’s patience with the asset management...
An impending mandatory buy-in regime under new EU regulation, which forces market participants to settle failed trades, will increase costs and threaten bond market liquidity, the buy-side has largely agreed. A majority 75% of asset managers and pension funds expect a negative impact on bond...
An impending mandatory buy-in regime under new EU regulation, which forces market participants to settle failed trades, will increase costs and threaten bond market liquidity, the buy-side has largely agreed. A majority 75% of asset managers and pension funds expect a negative impact on bond...
Taking a structured look at the five main post-trade regulations from the EU, Henk Bruggeman of Dutch industry organisation Dacsi reveals a common denominator.
As PostTrade 360 Amsterdam premiered at the Eye Film Institute Thursday morning, Floorthe Nagelkerke of Norton Rose Fulbright sketched the regulatory landscape. In the coming year, SFTR is likely to be near the top of the long list of operational priorities for the industry.
The SEC adds three years to its “no-action” policy for broker-dealers who receive “payments in hard dollars or through research payment accounts” from clients who are subject to the EU’s MiFID II regulation.
The European Commission is moving forward on green finance – while financial topics in focus for the coming five-year presidency also include fintech and crypto, further integration of the banking and capital markets unions, and tougher anti-money laundry measures.