Financial Services Authority (FSA)
CME ready to fight for market share in Europe, says Sammann
CME Group's European exchange, set to begin trading foreign exchange futures next year, will offer a competitive alternative to other exchanges, says the group's head of forex and rates
Regulation could create uneven playing field for structured products, say participants
A UK ban on commission payments to independent financial advisers will likely not be replicated in Europe, putting UK structured products at a competitive disadvantage, some participants warn
Capital-at-risk structured products receive highest proportion of successful complaints: UK
More complaints against structured capital-at-risk products were resolved in favour of UK consumers than for any other financial product investigated by the Financial Ombudsman Service last year
Acclaimed new TriOptima service may not have a future
In the balance?
UK banks face up to SME swap misselling claims
Sales of the unexpected
New Esma ETF guidelines change the rules on securities lending in favour of synthetics
The latest European Securities and Markets Authority guidelines for Ucits ETFs will make life more difficult for physically backed ETFs and point to a growing acceptance of synthetic funds
The Bribery Act: one year on
The Bribery Act: one year on
Barclays fine breaks records for FSA
Barclays fine breaks records for FSA
Investec launches commission-free FTSE 100 plans
Commission-free kickout
Editorial: Shifting the burden of proof
Editorial: Shifting the burden of proof
Rethinking client-money protection
Segregation games
Evolution of the liquidity exchange
Evolution of the liquidity exchange
Insurers urged to be cautious of long-term liquidity swaps
Uncertain regulatory and economic environment increases risks associated with liquidity trades, warns Fitch
Insurers’ remuneration will become more risk-sensitive, says incoming Bupa finance chief
Risk management still immature at many firms, warns Evelyn Bourke
Libor manipulation lawsuits could cost banks ‘tens of billions’
Barclays' $450m settlement gives lawyers smoking gun evidence of attempts to tamper with benchmark rates
CFTC’s Chilton: Libor manipulation attempts ‘serious and significant’
CFTC orders Barclays to pay a $200 million penalty. Commissioner Bart Chilton says agency is "vigorously looking at individuals"
Extraterritoriality remains a major issue, says FSA’s Lawton
Resolving issues around the extraterritorial application of derivatives regulation is a major outstanding issue that needs to be addressed, says FSA’s acting director of markets
FSA requests responses on Ucis by June 27, leaving open the inclusion of delta 1 certificates
Banks must respond to the UK Financial Services Authority by Wednesday with feedback on new rules that will clamp down on the sale of unregulated collective investment schemes. Whether delta 1 products will be caught by the new rules is unclear
Nowell quits FSA for LSE’s UnaVista
Regulator to join UnaVista arm of LSE
OpRisk Europe: FSA’s Sheen warns on data quality
Operational risk managers need to bear in mind that loss data has limitations, says the FSA’s Andrew Sheen
OpRisk Europe: Biggest operational risk posed by people, survey finds
Respondents to a survey at the OpRisk Europe conference overwhelmingly point to people as the biggest operational risk