Regulation

ICMA fills in the blanks on MiFID II agreement

A new article written by the regulatory team at the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA), has shed light on details in the agreed text...

Hunt: UK to set pension investment targets, launch market platforms and rebundle research payments

Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has set out the UK's plan for regaining its initiative in capital markets at his Mansion House Speech....

Chatham Asset Management fined for improper bond trading

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged New Jersey-based Chatham Asset Management and its founder, Anthony Melchiorre, in connection with improper trading of...

Chinese govies step closer to collateral acceptability

Acceptance of Chinese government bonds as collateral will hinge upon rule changes around defaults. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports. The use of Chinese government bonds as...

Bloomberg: Banks face FRTB data and modelling hurdles

Banks facing challenges in their implementation of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB), the rules issued by the Basel Committee for Banking...

Natwest Markets trading desk automating fixed income trading workflow with ipushpull

Natwest Markets has implemented a new PPQ (Pushpull Quotes) workflow system to streamline manual workflow around non-standard, complex trades such as fixed income trading. Matthew...

EC suspends best execution reporting which is “not read at all”

The European Commission (EC) has adopted a Capital Markets Recovery Package, as part of the Commission's overall coronavirus recovery strategy which includes increased leniency...

Are European exchanges allowed to rival size of US markets?

The European Commission (EC) has opened an in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition of Refinitiv by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) under the...

CSDR settlement regime ‘out’ as UK sets new path

The UK has halted compliance with the settlement regime of the European Central Securities Depository (CSDR) rules, which traders had fought hard against, due...