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Great Britain has suffered a number of severe blows to its reputation as a home of honour and honesty this year, from the Libor scandal to politicians fiddling expense claims, to tabloid journalists tapping phones.
16 Nov 2012
The final shape of Fatca will be determined by bi-lateral agreements arrived at between the US and other countries around the world, as part of a pragmatic decision by the US authorities to make the new rules workable.
11 Oct 2012
This week we serialise a study, published recently by Clear Path Analysis, on Solvency II regulations and their impact on asset managers and insurers.
08 Oct 2012
UBS’s recent unauthorised trading scandal, when Zurich-based trader Kweku Adoboli caused losses of some $2.3bn, most likely would not have been averted even with the best operating procedures in place.
25 Sep 2012
A campaign by the US authorities to reach the estimated 6.5 million US persons living outside the US who have not filed a tax return could have far-reaching consequences for the Swiss banking industry.
07 Sep 2012International law firm Dechert LLP has released a legal update explaining how the implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) is being tweaked in Germany, following last month’s publication of a draft bill by the German Ministry of Finance.
17 Aug 2012
Libor, one of the fundamental measures used in capital markets, has now been widely discredited due to the unfolding scandal of its production. However, as practitioners hunt for replacements, research by Finadium suggests the major alternatives also have their own strengths and weaknesses.
17 Aug 2012
An "avalanche of regulation" threatens to overwhelm asset managers and distract them from attending to their clients, says a Luxembourg-based partner at KPMG, but he is urging managers to heed forthcoming Ucits V rules nevertheless - not least because of sections on fines and remuneration.
15 Aug 2012
At some point in this crisis, banning of short selling had to happen.
23 Jul 2012
OpenLink Financial, a provider of cross-asset trading, risk management and operations processing software solutions, is planning to expand its suite of Dodd-Frank Regulatory Compliance solutions with ICE Trade Vault Swap Data Repository (SDR) reporting capabilities.
17 Jul 2012
The Bank of England was coming under pressure from the UK government at the height of the credit crisis in regards to Barclays and its seemingly high Libor quotes to the British Bankers Association.
16 Jul 2012
Coutts, banker to the United Kingdom's Queen, has cast doubt on press reports over the weekend that German authorities recently bought details of hundreds of Swiss accounts of the private bank's clients, as part of a crackdown on tax evasion.
16 Jul 2012
Paul Tucker, deputy governor at the Bank of England, has told a UK parliamentary committee examining the manipulation of Libor rates during the 2008 crisis he "categorically denies" inviting Barclays to lower the submissions it gave the British Bankers Association about rates it was paying other UK banks.
09 Jul 2012
Hedge funds might be known for their ability to react quickly to changing markets. Hedge fund collapses are often similarly rapid. But the clearing-up afterwards can proceed sometimes glacially.
09 Jul 2012
Der Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management hat die Verbraucherschutz-Initiative, die heute von der Europäischen Kommission praesentiert wurde, begrüßt.
03 Jul 2012
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Strong demand for emerging market debt and equity assets should remain, according to experts in the field.
Events
Emerging markets, European and US equities and market volatility were all discussed at InvestmentEurope’s latest Fund Selector forum in Milan.
Jupiter Fund Management's CEO Edward Bonham Carter is among the speakers lined up for the Fund Management Summit, co-hosted by InvestmentEurope, which takes place in London 15-16 October.
