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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...
The International Revenue Service has published the draft FATCA registration form for public review and comment. A online registration portal will be available in July 2013. RELATED LINK http://www...
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) have jointly announced their commitment to comply with the new international regulatory standards on financial m...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a final rule to exempt swaps between certain affiliated entities within a corporate group from the clearing requirement of the Commodity Exchange...
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) at its meeting in Sydney in March agreed to establish a task force on cross border regulation and a project on credible deterrence fram...
The publication of the translated guidelines by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) triggers a transitional period of two months during which national supervisors have to declare whet...