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Tax transparency a priority for Luxembourg

22 April 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Implementing an EU-wide approach to tax transparency will be a priority challenge for Luxembourg as it takes up the European Union presidency on 1 June, according to the minister of finance...

FCA hits BNY Mellon with £126m custody failing fine

16 April 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNY Mellon London branch and BNY Mellon International has been fined £126 million by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for failing to comply with its custody rules...

LCH.Clearnet outlines CCP stress-testing framework

31 March 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

LCH.Clearnet has outlined its suggestions for a stress-testing framework for central counterparties, identifying three key principles for the tests: transparency, simplicity and comparability...

Eurex Clearing in compliance with PFMI

27 March 2015 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Eurex Clearing is in full compliance with the CPSS-IOSCO Principles for Financial Market Infrastructure, according to an updated compliance report...

ESMA in a pickle over buy-ins

25 March 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The mandatory buy-in regime present in the CSDR is “an interesting conundrum” for the ESMA, according to chair Steven Maijoor...

REGIS-TR applies for RRM registration

18 March 2015 Luxembourg
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Trade repository REGIS-TR has submitted its application to become a registered reporting mechanism (RRM) to the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)...

FSB consultation a “giant step backward”, says ICI

16 March 2015 Washington DC
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The president and CEO of the Investment Company Institute, Paul Schott Stevens, has criticised the FSB’s second consultation on classifications for global systematically important financial institutions...