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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published final guidelines on the reporting obligations for alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) under the AIFM Directive (AIFMD). The...
In a speech on the new role of the European Banking Authority (EBA) in the banking union the chairperson of the EBA emphasised that the real game changer is the new EBA Technical Standard on superviso...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its 2014 work programme which sets out ESMA’s main priorities and clarifies how they will be delivered. The work programme covers th...
The Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has given a speech in which he considered ESMA’s work to date and laid out ESMA’s plans for the future, emphasising in particular: th...
I read with interest, as I am sure many US Governed Financial Institutions do, the suggested bill introduced to the US house ‘HR3317 – to deter Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing’. Clearly, the ...
Julian Adams, Deputy Head of the Prudential Regulatory Authority and Executive Director of Insurance, has given a speech focused on the Bank of England’s (BoE) role in supervising insurance companies,...
The Bank of England (BoE) has published a discussion paper called “A framework for stress testing the UK banking system”. The paper sets out the key features of the proposed stress-testing framework ...
This is the second consultation paper issued by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and follows the July consultation on proposed changes to the FCA Handbook as a result of the transposition of CRD ...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a new webpage on the fourth Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV), which answers a number of frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the regime: ...
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and the Dubai Financial Services Authority have entered into memoranda of understandings (MoUs) under the Alternative Investments Fund Managers Directi
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the responses received to its discussion paper aimed at developing regulatory technical standards relating to the obligation to centr...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the responses received to its consultation on the draft regulatory technical standards implementing the provisions of the European Ma...