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MEPs support short selling restrictions

8 March 2011
EU lawmakers vote in favour of severe restrictions on naked short selling of CDS in sovereign debt. ...

IFRS 9 – the true impact on treasury

2 March 2011
According to new research from IT2, just over half of corporate treasurers are truly aware of the implications of IFRS 9...

Dodd-Frank: fear, uncertainty and doubt

2 February 2011
Michel Zadoroznyj on how the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act brings in its wake a period of confusion and adjustment...

Wells Fargo joins forces with CME Group

1 February 2011
Under Dodd-Frank, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC will be clearing OTC interest rate derivatives through CME Group...

CFTC sues 14 retail firms for unregistered trading

27 January 2011
As part of a nationwide sweep, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed enforcement actions...

AIMA responds to ESMA consultation on AIFMD

18 January 2011
AIMA has called for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) to be flexible, proportionate...

SEPA migration deadlines proposed

17 December 2010
The European Commission has at last released proposals to set migration dates to SEPA instruments...

No exemption for FX swaps from mandatory clearing…please

1 December 2010
Says a letter to US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner from the WFE and IOMA...

UK unveils corporate tax reform roadmap

30 November 2010
UK corporate tax is to undergo a series of essential reforms to stop multinational firms from moving away...

Investment managers rethink legacy systems as regulation looms

30 November 2010
Industry executives anticipate regulation to be the most pressing challenge in 2011...

Clearing may increase risk for some OTC derivatives

25 November 2010
Clearing certain OTC derivatives through a CCP may increase risk says ISDA...

Regulation may equal systemic reduction in bank profits

23 November 2010
Asking banks to hold liquidity buffers as much as three times their present size will permanently depress margins...

FX professionals confirm anxiety over regulatory changes

22 November 2010
Over 80% of FX professionals have concerns about the impact of regulation on their businesses...

OTC derivatives – hot under the collar

1 November 2010
At FX-MM’s inaugural Strategy and Technology Conference, which was held in London’s Canary Wharf on 28th September, temperatures were running high...