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UK Banks Push for Ambitious Financial Services Strategy
By Daniel Thomas
February 21, 2021, Financial Times
The UK’s top banks have urged ministers to develop an ambitious strategy to boost exports of financial services after the sector was …
ICMA Provides Post-Brexit Regulatory Guidance
By Oliver Wade
February 19, 2021, Global Investor Group
The International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) has released the sixth edition of its recommendations for reporting under Europe’s and the UK’s …
Dutch Regulator Widens Post-Brexit Scope
By Wendy Lisney
February 18, 2021, Global Investor Group
The supervisory scope of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) has broadened significantly since Brexit as the Dutch regulator …
Libor: Banks Step Up Corporate Engagement
February 16, 2021, Practice Insight from IFLR
This will be the year of corporate engagement and concrete action in the loan market, source have said. With many of the building …
Libor Exit to Cost Global Banks $100 Million Each This Year
By William Shaw and Donal Griffin
February 5, 2021, Bloomberg
Most major global banks will spend more than $100 million each this year preparing for the end of the discredited …
ETFs Have Highest Percentage of Turnover Traded in the Dark, ESMA Report Finds
By Hayley McDowell
February 4, 2021, The Trade
Exchange traded funds (ETFs) have the highest percentage of dark trading in terms of overall volume traded compared to other asset classes, …
Get a Move on in Scrapping Libor, UK Asset Managers Tell Issuers
By Huw Jones
February 3, 2021, Reuters
Britain’s asset managers have called on companies to “step up” efforts to agree a new benchmark for pricing bonds worth about 108 billion …
Advisers Left in Limbo Over ESG Suitability Rules Post-Brexit
By John Lappin
January 28, 2021, Portfolio Adviser
Advisers have been bombarded with messaging and marketing material regarding environmental, social and governance investing and sustainability in recent years. If anything …
Sterling Libor Tough Legacy Fix Could Emerge This Summer
By Alice Tchernookova
January 28, 2021, Practice Insight from IFLR
Consultations on proposed powers over so-called “tough legacy” sterling Libor contracts will be published this spring, the UK Financial Conduct …
‘Big Bang’ End for Libor Could Overload Markets, Bankers Say
By Huw Jones
January 26, 2021, Reuters
A “big bang” end for interest rate benchmark Libor in December this year could leave banks and their customers struggling to switch trillions …
