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ESMA withdraws third-country recognition from UAE CCPs
26 July 2023 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

The European Commission has highlighted “strategic deficiencies” in the UAE’s anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism regime and added the jurisdiction to its list of high-risk countries on 16 March 2023

Acuiti launches the Asset Management Expert Network
13 July 2023 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Acuiti Expert Networks will provide senior executives with a virtual forum in which they can gauge sentiment and benchmark approaches to common challenges

UK government proposes changes to short selling rules
12 July 2023 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

This announcement extends HMT proposals advanced under the December 2022 “Edinburgh Reforms” that are designed to exploit the UK’s exit from the European Union to develop its own UK-tailored financial services legislation

ESMA releases its fifth CCP stress testing exercise
01 June 2023 EU, UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

In line with ESMA’s legal mandate under EMIR, this exercise will assess the resilience of CCPs to adverse market shocks and the danger that failure of a CCP or clearing member can propagate risk across the financial system

IQ-EQ opens office in UAE
30 March 2023 UAE
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

IQ-EQ is to open its first office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), as part of an effort to expand its presence in the Middle East and build on its support for clients in the region

Significant opportunity for fund managers in the Gulf, says Ocorian
15 March 2023 Saudi Arabia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

There is a significant opportunity for overseas fund managers to access capital in the Gulf and build a presence in the region, according to financial services provider, Ocorian

Majority of UK firms unprepared for EMIR REFIT, Novatus finds
27 February 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The ‘EMIR REFIT Readiness Report’ polled 100 market participants on their current plans for the new regulation, scheduled to come into effect in April 2024

BoE issues guidance on outsourcing and third-party risk management for CCPs
09 February 2023 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Bank of England’s supervisory statement specifies how CCPs should meet their regulatory requirements for outsourced services, with a compliance deadline set for 9 February 2024

TradeHeader joins REGIS-TR’s partnership programme
01 February 2023 Luxembourg
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The programme seeks to bring together companies in the regulatory reporting space, aiming to provide clients with improved efficiency and the operational advantages offered by leading industry brands

Majority of firms are not ready for CFTC Rewrite, says S&P Global Market Intelligence survey
16 November 2022 Global
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Global Regulatory Reporting Survey data was collected during August and September 2022 from 89 respondents from banks, asset managers and brokers

ESMA withdraws third-country recognition from six Indian CCPs
02 November 2022 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

European securities market regulator concludes that cumulative conditions for recognising these third-country CCPs under EMIR have not been met since no cooperation agreements have been established with the relevant Indian market authorities

BIS completes CBDC cross-border payments pilot
26 October 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Bank for International Settlements has completed a pilot with four central banks as part of its Project mBridge initiative that aims to deliver cross-border payments between commercial banks using central bank digital currencies