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Was the FCA "asleep at the wheel" when Woodford’s equity income fund went down?
The regulatory system cannot rely on the regulator to monitor and oversee every authorised fund in the UK
Online Published Date:
27 February 2020
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23.02 - 30 March 2020
The impact of MiFID II on the Swiss financial sector: Part II
The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) II and regulation (MiFIR) provide for a new third-country regime in the regulation of the EU financial market. With the entry into force of the Financial Services Act (FinSA) and the Financial..
Online Published Date:
20 April 2020
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23.02 - 30 March 2020
Passporting to Pimlico: cross-border trade in financial services after Brexit
In the 1949 classic Ealing comedy, “Passport to Pimlico”, the people of Pimlico decide to secede from the UK. The exit negotiations between the Pimlicans and the British government quickly turn sour, and the fragile economic and regulatory..
Online Published Date:
20 April 2020
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23.02 - 30 March 2020
Open finance – a new way to deliver financial services
As fintechs and the products and solutions they offer grow exponentially, financial regulators and the frameworks they develop to govern their markets need to adapt accordingly. On the back of the implementation of the EU Payment Services Directive..
Online Published Date:
20 April 2020
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23.02 - 30 March 2020
The Equator Principles in the financial sector: an impact assessment
Considering the terror of the Amazon Rainforest burning as a direct result of economic pressures, global exploitation of people across an array of sectors, and climate change at the forefront of international agendas, the role of private financial..
Online Published Date:
10 July 2020
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23.02 - 30 March 2020