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The European Commission has adopted: a delegated regulation amending the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) to exempt the central banks and debt management offices of Japan and the Uni...
The European Commission has published a new answer in its Q&As on the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). This is about whether a rolling spot foreign exchange on margin takes th
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published a draft of the Taxation of Regulatory Capital Securities Regulations 2013. The Regulations set out provisions in relation to the taxation of Additional Tie...
RBS transaction reporting fine emphasises that FCA expects firms to get it right: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that it has fined the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) £5,620,300 for ...
Release from the FCA on how it intends to deliver on its responsibilities, will be very interesting to see how much of this is reiterated in the Regulation and Rebuilding Trust plenary session at Sibo...
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a working paper, with the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), on cyber-crime, securities markets and systemic risk. The rep...
Basel III regulations will change the way bank address, manage risk and finance. The new emphasis on risk management that is inherent in it requires the introduction/evolution of a risk management fra...
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has published the reporting templates and accompanying instructions for two consultations on proposals for: the non-internal model method for measu
Notice 2013-43 provides a six-month extension for when withholding under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) will begin (i.e., payments after June 30, 2014) and for implementing new accoun...
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a consultation paper on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) for credit valuation adjustment risk (CVA) to specify how a proxy spread should be...
TheEuropean Banking Authority (EBA) has published a consultation paper on draft implementing technical standards (ITS) under the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV), specifying the format, struc
According to a KPMG report out last week, banks may never see a return to pre-crash profitability. The five largest lenders in the UK are once again making money, but the report warns that burgeoning ...