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FCA imposed £1.47bn in fines in 2014 with UBS and Citibank among worst offenders
June 17th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) imposed £1.47bn (€2.04bn, $2.3bn) in fines on companies in 2014, a rise of 68% from the year before, according to a study by Kinetic Partners. The study showed the average fine imposed on businesses ...
Fast Facts about the Debt Crisis in European Countries
June 11th, 2015
Here’s a look at the European Debt Crisis which has affected the countries of Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain. Cyprus: July 11, 2011 – A munitions explosion at a naval base kills 13 people and destroys the ...
Lloyds Banking Group fined £117m for failing to handle PPI complaints fairly
June 5th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its largest ever retail fine (£117m) to Lloyds Bank Plc, Bank of Scotland Plc and Black Horse Ltd (together Lloyds) for failing to treat their customers fairly when handling Payment Protection Insurance ...
FCA defends secondments with ‘Big Four’ accountants
June 4th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed how many staff were seconded to and from it from the ‘Big Four‘ accountancy firms Deloitte, KPMG, PwC and EY in 2014. Following a Freedom of Information (FoI) request by sister publication Insurance Age, the ...
IOSCO: Joint Forum releases report on credit risk management across sectors
June 3rd, 2015
Today the Joint Forum released its report Developments in credit risk management across sectors: current practices and recommendations. The report provides insight into the current supervisory framework around credit risk, the state of credit risk management at firms and ...
Saudi Arabia on Target to Open Tadawul to Foreign Investors with Issuance of Rules for Qfi’s
May 7th, 2015
The Saudi Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has finally formally issued its eagerly anticipated regulations for Qualified Foreign Investors (QFI’s) to invest in the Tadawul All Share Index. The new regulations take effect on 01 June 2015 and will mean ...
FCA publishes its Business Plan for 2015/16 and announces details of new supervision and authorisation divisions
March 24th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority has set out the key areas of work it will undertake in the forthcoming financial year with the publication of its Business Plan for 2015/16. It also confirmed the creation of two new Divisions that would ...
Fed: Agencies Provide Feedback on Resolution Plans of Three Foreign Banking Organizations
March 24th, 2015
Firms Required to Address Shortcomings in 2015 Submissions The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on Monday announced that they had completed the reviews of resolution plans submitted in 2014 by three large, foreign banking ...
European Banks’ Reciprocity Draws Scrutiny
March 2nd, 2015
When Deutsche Bank AG hired 25 banks last summer to help it raise about $9 billion of new capital, it made some unusual selections. In addition to a handful of Wall Street stalwarts, three Italian banks made the cut. ...
MFSA: Circular to the financial services industry on the issue of the PRIIPS Regulation
February 4th, 2015
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) would like to draw the attention of the financial services industry to the publication of Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of the 26 November 2014 on key information ...
