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LSEG-Deutsche Börse merger hits new roadblock

27 February 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The proposed merger of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Deutsche Börse has hit yet another stumbling block, as the board of LSEG declined to comply with fresh demands from the European Commission

EU watchdogs lay down the law on VM deadline

24 February 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The EU supervisory authorities have chastised the union’s financial services industry for failing to meet the already delayed deadline for exchanging variation margin

New York takes steps to stop cyber crime

24 February 2017 New york
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The New York Department of Financial Services has implemented new cyber security regulatory requirements for financial services companies, effective from 1 March

UK and Ontario regulators team up for fintech

23 February 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority and the Ontario Securities Commission have signed a cooperation agreement to support financial technology start-ups entering each market

Abide makes MiFID II APA and ARM bid

23 February 2017 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Abide Financial, part of the NEX Group, has applied to the UK’s FCA to become an APA provider and an ARM under MiFID II

OFR: Margin requirement rise could prevent shocks

22 February 2017 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Market regulators must raise margin requirements for over-the-counter derivative transactions in order to avoid amplifying liquidity issues during stress scenarios, according to the US OFR

Central Asian banks in SWIFT take-up

21 February 2017 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Financial institutions in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have signed up to the SWIFT Know Your Customer registry

CFTC offers respite from 1 March margin deadline

16 February 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Swaps dealers have been gifted a seven-month grace period to finalise their compliance infrastructures for the new variation margin requirements set to come into force on 1 March

FCA seeks feedback on UK capital markets

14 February 2017
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has issued a discussion paper seeking feedback on how the UK capital markets can most effectively meet the needs of issuers and investors

Wolters Kluwer wins CIBC reporting mandate

09 February 2017 Toronto
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

CIBC has extended its mandate of the Wolters Kluwer OneSumX regulatory reporting solution to the Asia Pacific region

Trump puts Dodd-Frank on the firing line

06 February 2017 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

President Trump has paved the way for sweeping a regulatory overhaul by signing an executive order giving the the Treasury broad powers to scrap rules that do not comply with the administration’s ‘core principles’...

Brexit whitepaper hints at ‘third-country’ status

02 February 2017 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The UK could adopt ‘third-country’ status in financial services upon its exit from the EU, according to the long awaited Brexit whitepaper...

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