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The Year Ahead 2013
We are delighted to announce the publication of The Year Ahead 2013, our annual report on major trends in the Financial Services industry.
2013 is set to be another year of change and challenge in the financial industry as the pieces of the regulatory jigsaw begin to fall into place. The...
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The SEF way to bank revenues
Banks are gearing up to explore new revenue opportunities from Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) and Organised Trading Facilities (OTFs). With OTC derivatives clearing now established, electronic trade execution has become a priority and will soon be mandated under Dodd Frank and MiFID regulations...
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New Spotlight - FATCA: A review of the Intergovernmental Agreement for Partner Nations
Financial institutions are now preparing themselves for the implementation of FATCA. In July 2012 the IRS defined and published the Model Intergovernmental Agreement (MIGA) which places far more emphasis on the KYC & AML processes in financial institutions domiciled in Partner Nation countries...
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New Point of View: Volcker, Vickers and the quest to protect the core banking system
Today, almost four years into the era of re-regulation, the financial services industry is faced with complex, somewhat contradictory and, in some instances an incomplete regulatory framework. The Dodd-Frank Act, EMIR, MiFID, MiFIR, Basel III and other regulations have created a tangled web of new...
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