Europe

Clearing & Post-Trade

ESMA to Cooperate with New Zealand Regulators on CCPs

By Editors | 20/04/2017

MoU recognises New Zealand’s CCPs as able to provide clearing to EU clearing members, trading venues.

Operational Risk

Europe Grants APRA, HKMA and BOJ Equivalency on Confidentiality Rules

By Samuel Riding | 12/01/2017

Regulations on professional secrecy, restrictions on use of confidential information deemed equivalent.

Resolution & Recovery

A Cautionary Italian Tale for Asia

By Peter Guy | 09/01/2017

ECB’s travails with Bank Monte dei Paschi a lesson for Chinese banks facing rising bad loans.

Structural Regulation

Singapore Hosts EU-APAC Regulators Forum

By Samuel Riding | 17/10/2016

Representatives from both jurisdictions’ regulators discuss financial regulation, collaboration

Liquidity Risk

Regulators Fail to See Bank Crisis Ahead

By Peter Guy | 01/08/2016

Last week’s EU stress test results show how regulators are out of touch with the liquidity crisis facing banks.

Structural Regulation

Let the Games Begin

By Peter Guy | 04/07/2016

Regulation reform must painfully follow political twists and turns amid fight to reposition EU ahead of UK.

Structural Regulation

Tax Rules Could ‘Collapse’ Pakistan Brokerage Industry

By Samuel Riding | 21/06/2016

Director of Pakistan Stock Exchange attacks recent tax changes, excessive regulation.

Structural Regulation

Indonesia to Introduce Micro VC Firms

By Samuel Riding | 26/04/2016

Financial services authority to also introduce tax incentives for start-ups.

Structural Regulation

Debunking the Myths About AIFMD Depositary Requirements

By Editors | 22/12/2015

Concerns about this element of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive have proved unfounded, says Augentius’s Ian Kelly.