More countries are adopting dedicated and comprehensive conduct regimes, suggesting that more bankers could go to jail in the future for wrongdoing. Justin Pugsley reports.
Strict data requirements potentially clash with MiFID II demands
Firms struggling to implement MiFID II in time for it going live on January 2018 will also have to worry about the EU’s strict new data privacy laws that come into force five months later with the potential to create conflicts
European Commission consults on reducing barriers to CMU
European Commission consults on identifying and reducing barriers to the smooth functioning of the EU’s Capital Markets Union
What next for the Basel Committee?
Globalisation and financial crises have transformed the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision into a key global regulatory body. However, the next 10 years could throw up several challenges for this distinguished organisation. By Justin Pugsley.
MiFID II causing ructions in European research market
MiFID II is sending shockwaves through the research market, with sell-side firms struggling to come up with new pricing models for charging buy-side firms as required from 2018.
OCC takes lead in reviewing the Volcker rule
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has taken its cue from the US Department of the Treasury as it consults on how to reform the Volcker rule. By Justin Pugsley
Domestic regulator takes charge in normalising Argentina’s capital markets rules
Argentina’s economic reforms have thrust the Comisión Nacional de Valores into the forefront of undoing years of restrictive capital markets regulation in an effort to align it with international norms. By Justin Pugsley.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia probe could spill into wider investigation
A series of regulatory gaffes by Australia’s largest lender may trigger a wider investigation into the country’s banking system, which could lead to more regulation and criminal charges being handed out.
Fed chair Yellen defends Dodd-Frank at Jackson Hole
Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen defends Dodd-Frank potentially diminishing the prospect that she will be re-appointed next year when her term ends.
Irish central bank raps investment firms over knuckles on MiFID II
The Central Bank of Ireland has written to the CEOs of investment firms it supervises warning them of shortcomings in their client suitability processes that leaves them short on MiFID II compliance.
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