Part II of our series of the 7 Deadly Sins of Market Abuse looks at the offence of Improper Disclosure. This is the case when an insider discloses inside information to another person other than in the proper course of the exercise of employment, profession or duties according to the Financial Services and Markets Act …
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The FCA today issued GC16/3: Primary Market Bulletin No. 13, in which it consults on proposed changes to the Knowledge Base. This guidance is likely to be of most relevance to issuers of transferable securities and their advisers, investors and other persons who interact with the UK Listing Authority. The Knowledge Base is the UKLA’s repository of …
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its annual report on the enforcement and regulatory activities of accounting enforcers within the European Union (EU) in 2015. ESMA continued strengthening supervisory convergence in the area of financial reporting to improve the consistency and quality across the EU, notably by issuing guidelines, publishing statements on …
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The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) today issued a consultation on the implementation of MiFID II: Part 1 – CP9/16. In this consultation paper (CP), the PRA sets out its proposals for rules to transpose the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) legislative package, comprising the Directive, MiFID II (2014/65/EU), and the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation …
The PRA has published a Policy Statement on amendments to the PRA’s rules on loan to income ratios in mortgage lending – PS11/16. This Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) policy statement (PS) sets out final rules intended to keep second and subsequent charge mortgage contracts excluded from the loan to income (LTI) flow limit, following the implementation …
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The PRA has published a consultation paper on regulated fees and levies: rates proposals 2016/17 – CP10/16. This consultation paper (CP) consults on proposals for the PRA’s fees and levies for 2016/17. The consultation is relevant to all PRA-authorised firms.The CP includes: (a) the fee rates to meet the PRA’s 2016/17 Annual Funding Requirement (AFR); (b) …
The FCA today published Policy Statement PS16/9: Ring-fencing: Disclosures to consumers by non-ring-fenced bodies. In this document it summarises the feedback it received to Consultation Paper 15/23 on draft rules for non-ring-fenced bodies, and sets out – as near-final – the rules we propose to make later in 2016. The FCA publishes this Policy Statement since, as part …
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The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on reporting financial information using Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP) across EU jurisdictions. This is a decentralised public consultation, which takes place through National Competent Authorities across the EU and not through the EBA, so as to allow for a better informed discussion on questions …
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The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a Report on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) which analyses (i) the evolution of lending trends and conditions for SMEs, (ii) the effective riskiness of EU SMEs over a full economic cycle and (iii) the consistency of own funds requirements laid down in the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) …
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In our first article on Cryptocurrencies “An Introduction to Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies” we have already given you an overview on the topic. With this article we want to look at the underlying technology, the so-called Blockchain and the questions that surround it. In 2008 Satoshi Nakamoto published a paper describing the cryptocurrency Bitcoin for the first time. …
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