Tag: FCA
A tale of two tapes: Consolidating the consolidators
Market participants will be hit with simultaneous, major technical demands in late 2025 and early 2026 as both the EU and UK update transparency...
FCA’s new consultation aims to streamline further capital raising and enhance...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released on 31 January 2025 a new consultation Paper “CP25/2”, proposing further changes to the Public Offers and Admissions...
Investor Demand: Barclays study challenges FCA proposals on retail access to...
A detailed analysis by investment bank Barclays raises questions about the practical impact of regulatory measures to increase access to corporate bond markets, suggesting...
Falsified trades prompt Macquarie FCA fine
The FCA has fined Macquarie Bank’s London branch £13 million over poor systems and controls after non-existent recorded trades cost the firm approximately US$57.8...
ICE issues US Dollar LIBOR cessation update
Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) Benchmark Administration (IBA), the authorised and regulated administrator of LIBOR, has provided an update on the cessation of US dollar LIBOR.
In...
FCA appoints UK Secondary Markets Advisory Committee members
The FCA has appointed members of the UK secondary markets advisory committee for June 2024 to June 2026.
The committee supports the FCA’s work in...
ICMA responds to digital securities sandbox proposals
The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has suggested a number of amendments to the FCA and Bank of England’s proposal to implement and operate...
AFME and IA agree on UK consolidated bond tape
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has reached an agreement with the Investment Association (IA) on a proposal for a future UK...
Enhancing trading through better surveillance
Trade surveillance, like best execution, can be harder to analyse in fixed income markets due to the complexity of instruments, access to data and...
MeTheMoneyShow – Episode 22
Dan Barnes speaks with Lynn Strongin Dodds about some old chestnuts - a consolidated tape for European equities, and the implications of Brexit for...
