18 December 2015

ESMA publishes report on proxy advisors' best practice principles

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today published its Follow-up Report on the development of the ‘Best Practice Principles for Providers of Shareholder Voting Research and Analysis’ (Principles) which looks at the proxy advisory industry’s progress in establishing and following a self-regulatory code of conduct.  Overall, ESMA finds that the industry is moving in …

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ESMA publishes CRA market share calculation

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its annual market share calculation for EU registered credit rating agencies (CRAs). This calculation is required by Article 8d of the CRA Regulation, which aims to stimulate competition in the credit rating industry by encouraging issuers and related third parties to appoint smaller CRAs. The market …

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P2P and Marketplace Lending – An Introduction

The original idea behind Marketplace Lending, often synonymously used with P2P Lending, comes from loans being made between peers, i.e. peer-to-peer excluding traditional financial institutions as the middleman. Personal loans obviously are nothing new, but like in many fields the internet has become the game changer since it has introduced online platforms where borrowers and …

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FATF stresses importance of measures to counter terrorist financing and help defeat ISIL

In an address at Special Session of the United Nations Security Council meeting of Finance Ministers the president of the FATF, Je-Yoon Shin, stressed the importance of urgent action to implement FATF’s measures to counter terrorist financing and help defeat ISIL. Shin highlighted that terrorism needs money and since ISIL operates as a state and provides all the …

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