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Agencies won’t enforce Volcker Rule for foreign funds until July 2021
By John Heltman
July 17, 2019, American Banker
Banking regulators announced Wednesday that they will not penalize certain foreign banking firms under the Volcker Rule for an additional two years.…
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The Next Big Thing in ETFs: Less Transparency
By Justin Baer
July 13, 2019, The Wall Street Journal
A new type of exchange traded fund backed by some of Wall Street’s giants will soon debut.
But there is …
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U.S. bundled equity commissions fall by nearly half in decade
By Siobhan Riding
July 14, 2019, Financial Times
U.S. fund managers have cut the amount they pay to brokers in bundled commissions covering both research provision and trading activity, reflecting …
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BOE says British banks ready for no-deal Brexit, trade war
By David Milliken and Huw Jones
July 11, 2019, Reuters
British banks hold enough capital to cope with a no-deal Brexit and a global trade war simultaneously, the Bank of …
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Funds urged to wise up on illiquid assets
By Andrew Neil
July 2, 2019, Global Investor Group
Analysts have urged fund managers to monitor illiquid asset exposures more carefully given the recent troubles at several firms.
In a …
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MiFID II tightens Wall Street’s grip on European trading
By Philip Stafford
June 26, 2019, Financial Times
New E.U. market regulations have tightened the grip of Wall Street firms on trading across Europe, as fund managers have turned to …
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U.S. funds call for rule change in response to MiFID II
By Richard Henderson
June 26, 2019, Financial Times
A group of U.S. investors with $4tn in assets has called on regulators to require fund managers to disclose their spending on …
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Fund industry floats new structure for illiquid assets
By Kate Beioley
June 27, 2019, Financial Times
The U.K.’s fund trade body has proposed a new kind of fund structure for investing in illiquid assets after problems at some …
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Rising costs and lower returns hit U.S. and European fund houses
By Chris Flood
June 24, 2019, Financial Times
Traditional asset managers in western Europe and North America were hit by weaker profits last year as rising costs and stock market …
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CFTC commissioner backs non-cleared margin docs relief
By Noah Zuss
June 12, 2019, Risk
Dawn DeBerry Stump, a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has urged U.S. regulators to transcribe recent international relief on non-cleared margin …
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