A Disturbance In The Force – A Schism In The Making
Five years on from the referendum question, which posed, should the UK leave the European ...
"We’re Sorry But Our Systems Are Unavailable At Present"
What all banks and financial institutions dread in the ‘always on’ world of digital is ...
Time to Be Clear on Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR)
Following regulatory forbearance due to Covid and the resultant extensions to the ...
A Valentines proposal for Banks & Fintechs: Engagement, Partnership or Separation?
Banks have always been top of the food chain. The threat of FinTechs (Challenger Banks ...
Elf on The Shelf – What Would The Regulatory Elf Be Up To?!
Elf on the Shelf is a simple concept that has proved to be immensely popular. It is based ...
Brexit Pragmatism paves the way to proportionate Banking Regulation
Markets appear, according to commentators, to be pricing in a last-minute deal between ...
The Haunting of an OTF; the Devil will be in the detail.
Following on from the MAR report in my last blog comes one on a consultation from ESMA ...
A Ghost of Christmas Past Makes an Early Appearance – ESMA and MAR Haunt the Spot FX Market
As we approach Halloween market abuse has come back to haunt the FX market. Our Advent ...
Climbing the Mountain and Levelling the Playing Field – a dichotomy solved?
For some time in the UK the regulators and authorities have tried to introduce true ...
Do you know your SOFR from your SARON? The new benchmarks
Given the longstanding focus on the familiar, well-used trading benchmarks and ...
The new Lego - building blocks of the new cross-border payment roadmap
I have been catching up on some light reading in the glorious English sunshine. One ...
Uncleared Margin Rules – more regulatory requirements are on the horizon!
The regulation for Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR) was set in motion at the 2009 G20 meeting ...
