As we approach Halloween market abuse has come back to haunt the FX market. Our Advent Blog last year covered the ESMA Consultation Paper on the provisions of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and highlighted the fact that spot FX is not covered by MAR.
A Ghost of Christmas Past Makes an Early Appearance – ESMA and MAR Haunt the Spot FX Market
[fa icon="calendar'] 14-Oct-2020 11:02:34 / by David Woolcock posted in Banking, Regulation, Treasury Management, Treasury, FCA, FX payments, regulatory reporter, Treasury Trading Solutions, Banking Regulation, treasury trading, PRA, UK, cross-border payments, cross-border
Climbing the Mountain and Levelling the Playing Field – a dichotomy solved?
[fa icon="calendar'] 25-Sep-2020 08:00:00 / by David Woolcock posted in Banking, Regulation, Treasury Management, Treasury, FCA, FX payments, regulatory reporter, Treasury Trading Solutions, Banking Regulation, treasury trading, COVID19, PRA, UK, cross-border payments, cross-border
For some time in the UK the regulators and authorities have tried to introduce true competition to the traditional banks. Much debate has occurred as to the rights and wrongs of allowing a new grouping of Challengers, Neos and FinTech enter the banking market with a lighter regulatory touch to the incumbents.
Do you know your SOFR from your SARON? The new benchmarks
[fa icon="calendar'] 15-Sep-2020 15:38:29 / by Matt Townsend posted in Banking, Regulation, Treasury Management, Treasury, FX payments, regulatory reporter, Treasury Trading Solutions, Banking Regulation, treasury trading, COVID19, UK, cross-border payments, cross-border
Given the longstanding focus on the familiar, well-used trading benchmarks and indices currently in use but due to be retired or changed, it’s quite normal to feel that you don't know your SARON from your €STR!
The new Lego - building blocks of the new cross-border payment roadmap
[fa icon="calendar'] 20-Aug-2020 15:37:38 / by David Woolcock posted in Banking, Regulation, Treasury Management, Treasury, Payments, FCA, FX payments, regulatory reporter, Treasury Trading Solutions, Banking Regulation, treasury trading, COVID19, UK, cross-border payments, cross-border
I have been catching up on some light reading in the glorious English sunshine. One report in particular caught my eye; the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures released a paper in July
Uncleared Margin Rules – more regulatory requirements are on the horizon!
[fa icon="calendar'] 27-Jul-2020 08:18:54 / by David Woolcock posted in Banking, Regulation, Treasury Management, Treasury, FCA, regulatory reporter, Treasury Trading Solutions, Banking Regulation, treasury trading, COVID19, fx swaps, UK, EMIR
The regulation for Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR) was set in motion at the 2009 G20 meeting following the global financial crisis.
Back aboard LIBOR Reform – full steam ahead in the UK.
[fa icon="calendar'] 20-Jul-2020 11:16:02 / by David Woolcock posted in Banking, Regulation, Treasury Management, Treasury, FCA, regulatory reporter, Treasury Trading Solutions, Banking Regulation, treasury trading, COVID19, UK
A triumvirate of the Working Group on Risk-Free Reference Rates (RFRWG), the FCA and the Bank of England published joint statements in March and April (see my previous blog LIBOR Wars) reiterating that firms must move away from referencing LIBOR and reduce the stock of legacy LIBOR contracts.