Regulatory Round-up: September 2020
The big month of liquidity finally arrived where we saw a number of liquidity developments come to fruition at the end of the month, including: ESMA’s new guidelines on liquidity…
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Et tu, William?
It has came to light that Caesars Entertainment, owner of the renowned Caesar’s Palace Casino amongst many others is in “advanced talks” to buy betting group William Hill. It is…
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Trading Up
In recent news UBS has announced that it wants to test out new virtual reality systems for its traders. These would be used to simulate a trading floor environment including…
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Canada Guidance on Effective Liquidity Risk Management for Investment Funds
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published guidance to help investment fund managers (IFMs) develop and maintain effective liquidity risk management (LRM) frameworks for investment funds. Under the Canadian securities…
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Behind Closed Cabin Doors
It has came to light in a report today by the House Transport Committee in the US that Boeing knowingly concealed and downplayed issues with its MCAS flight system. This…
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September Liquidity Deadlines
The 30 September compliance deadline is fast approaching for a number of liquidity developments. Including: ESMA’s new guidelines on liquidity stress testing in UCITS and AIFs The FCA’s new rules…
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Assessing the Assessment of Value Reports
It’s been almost a year since the FCA Assessment of Value rules came into force, and many firms would say that due to the FCA’s limited guidance thus far, they…
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Sharp FAANG’s
FAANG is an acronym commonly used to describe the 5 biggest tech stocks: Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google. These are big ticket items to say the least. In…
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Regulatory Round-up: August 2020
All eyes may be on the month ahead as we enter the final countdown for the entering into force of ESMA’s liquidity stress testing guidelines, however, the past month still…
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PRIIPs: What’s Been Happening?
Of all the new regulations we have seen over the last few years, few have been as controversial or as polarising as the KID requirements under the regulation for Packaged…
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