News analysis on how banks, asset managers and trading venues are implementing new rules, from the changing nature of market structure under Mifid II, to how firms are grappling with transparency obligations and transaction reports.
A focus on money laundering unites all European national regulators. Practice Insight has created a handy jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guide to enforcement practices in the top four financial centres, highlighting crossovers and divergence
Two weeks ago, Practice Insight and International Tax Review revealed how loopholes in the Common Reporting Standard worked within international securities markets; this week we explore the problems with DAC6 – the EU regulation that is supposed to close the loopholes
While still in its early days, more and more ABS issuers are seeking the simple, transparent and standardised label, according to lawyers and bankers
The provisions contained within the EU directive that require research to be paid for separately to execution are having an effect in the US
A joint investigation by Practice Insight and International Tax Review has uncovered evidence of reporting gaps in the OECD's Common Reporting Standards and securities markets. Part two will be published next week
While larger firms look to fine-tune their work on the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book, medium-sized banks are considering more complete outsourcing solutions, according to banking and consultancy sources
Market participants are successively circumventing the rule that limits dark pool trading, though the new status quo could prove transitory if and when the regulator steps in
According to in-house sources, the capital requirement rules are behind the surprising growth of Europe's synthetic securitisation market
This landmark SFTR report reveals how securities finance transaction market participants are preparing for the upcoming regulation.
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