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In this instalment of his monthly regulation blog, gtnews contributing editor and head of regulatory policy at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, Selwyn Blair-Ford, looks at the new ‘twin peak’ regulatory structure of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK.
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The early morning panel on the second full day of the International Payments Summit (IPS) at the Hilton London Tower Bridge Hotel on Wednesday 10 April contained a banker who was brave enough to admit that, “yes, prices will rise” for corporate treasurers and other clients under the new Basel III capital and liquidity regulations.
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With the changes and delays to the Basel III capital adequacy regime at the turn of the year still fresh in the mind, gtnews contributing editor and head of regulatory services at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, Selwyn Blair-Ford takes a look at Europe’s planned imposition of this regime via the fourth Capital Requirements Directive (CRDIV), examining the remaining controversies.
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In this instalment of his monthly regulation blog, gtnews contributing editor and head of regulatory policy at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, Selwyn Blair-Ford, looks at the range of consolidations that financial firms need to perform and considers what the implications are on infrastructure.
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In this installment of his monthly regulation blog, gtnews contributing editor and head of regulatory policy at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, Selwyn Blair-Ford, analyses the Basel Committee’s recent decision to ease the implementation timeframe and Basel III liquidity guidelines, examining its implications for corporate treasurers and other finance professionals.
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In this latest instalment of his regulation blog, gtnews contributing editor and head of regulatory policy at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, Selwyn Blair-Ford, considers how far along the finance sector is in implementing Basel III and highlights what is to come in 2013.
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The introduction of the EU Directive on Late Payments (2011/7/EU) is just around the corner. This article analyses who stands to benefit most from the new rules and suggests that some of the new directive’s provisions give cause for concern.
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In this installment of his regulation blog, contributing editor and head of regulatory policy at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, Selwyn Blair-Ford, looks at some of the recent publications from regulators about macro-prudential regulation, and in his overview points to some interesting factors that corporations should start to consider.
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In this instalment of his monthly regulation blog, contributing editor and head of regulatory policy at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, Selwyn Blair-Ford looks at the results of the European Banking Authority’s (EBA) Basel III monitoring exercise. He ponders on the effect on the financial sector of raising capital, raising liquidity, conforming to new leverage limits, adjusting to a new regulatory environment and increased lending.
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US regulations, such as Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and the Dodd-Frank Act, are having far-reaching effects across the globe. Both financial institutions and corporates need to have their eyes on upcoming deadlines.
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The European Banking Authority’s (EBA) new data collection model will change the type and depth of review that firms will need to perform in anticipation of a greater variety of questions from the regulator.
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In his latest regulation blog, Selwyn Blair-Ford, contributing editor and head of regulatory policy at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services' FRSGlobal, discusses the most recent developments to come out of the EU regarding the Capital Requirements Directive IV (CRD IV) and explores how the final agreement is likely to shape up in the near future.
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In this instalment of his monthly regulation blog, contributing editor and head of regulatory policy at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services' FRSGlobal, Selwyn Blair-Ford, answers some of the most frequently asked questions he has been asked around the liquidity coverage ratio policy developments.
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More than 200 commercial bankers gathered in London on 23-24 January 2012 for BAFT-IFSA's annual global conference - the first conference in its just short of 100-year history to be held outside the US. The main theme of the conference was co-operation: how could this trade organisation guide regulators for the greater good of the transaction banking industry?
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In this instalment of his gtnews regulation blog, contributing editor and head of regulatory policy at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services' FRSGlobal, Selwyn Blair-Ford, dissects the new capital requirements introduced throughout the world and their ramifications in 2012.
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While the financial press is dominated by the impact of Basel III, Dodd-Frank and other major global regulatory initiatives, little has been written about a regulation that could potentially have a significant effect on many UK firms in only a matter of months. In this latest chapter of his regulation blog on gtnews, contributing editor and head of regulatory policy at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services' FRSGlobal, Selwyn Blair-Ford, explores further.