Financial Services Authority (FSA)
Hector Sants take ups FSA chief executive role
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Sebton leaves Isda for JP Morgan
Emmanuelle Sebton, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s head of risk management, has left to join JP Morgan.
FSA wants principles-based insurance regulation
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Cross-border confusion
Europe's internationally active banks have until the end of this year to be fully compliant with the new Basel capital Accord, but a lack of clarity on cross-border implementation continues to cause major problems
Banks Face Increasing Pressure from the FSA over anti-fraud policies
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FSA warns non-ISD firms to check if they fall under Mifid and CRD
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Private equity supports FSA proposals
The private equity industry has backed the UK Financial Services Authority's proposal to tighten reporting requirements on banks and private equity houses, in order to reduce market abuse and conflicts of interest.
FSA chooses SAS and Detica to combat market abuse
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FSA identifies main risks in private equity
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FSA publishes feedback on private equity paper
FSA identifies main risks in private equity
FSA publishes Pillar II assessment framework
FSA is first EU state to release Pillar II assessment framework
Friendly persuasion
Georgina Philippou, one of the heads of the UK Financial Services Authority's enforcement division, tells Nick Kochan that treating customers fairly is at the forefront of principles-based regulation
Confusion reigns
Exactly what the role of home and host regulators will be for the regulation of branches under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) remains an elusive issue. The industry is clear that firms should have to follow only one set…
FSA issues new guidelines for hedge funds
FSA clarifies hedge fund activism stance
FSA confirms outsourcing guidance
FSA: we will use EU outsourcing rules for Mifid
Smaller firms missing TCF deadline
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Deloitte: big changes in life insurance firms thanks to ICAS
Deloitte issues insurance report
State of the art
Guido Ravoet, secretary general of the European Banking Federation, talks to Victoria Pennington about changes in regulatory framework, the substantial amount of work facing compliance and risk executives, and why he thinks the EU financial regulatory…
Ice to form London-based clearing house
The Atlanta-based Intercontinental Exchange (Ice) plans to set up a European clearing house based in London.
FSA sets out the future of principles-based regulation
FSA out with paper setting out its current thinking on its move towards a more-principles-based regulatory regime.
FSA to reward good "principles-based" practice
Firms seen by the UK Financial Services Authority as being “well-controlled and managed” in terms of its regulatory processes could potentially see lower capital requirements and supervision as a result of adopting principles-based regulation.
Small firms are ignoring compliance advice, says FSA
Compliance advice ignored by smaller firms.
Alliance & Leicester becomes UK’s first Basel II approved bank
FSA approves Alliance & Leicester's Basel II regime