by Emma Cleveland | 2015-04-09 | Our Thinking
On 24 March 2015 the Financial Conduct Authority 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. This is also the first year that its Risk outlook is published as part of the...
by Emma Cleveland | 2015-04-07 | Our Thinking
On 5 March 2015 the FCA published its Thematic Review 15/2: Structured Products: Thematic Review of Product Development and Governance (TR15/2). In TR15/2, the FCA sets out its findings from its latest review of the structured products market. The review is relevant...
by Emma Cleveland | 2015-03-26 | Industry News
On 19 February 2015, the FCA published its FS15-01 Feedback Statement as a response to the DP14/3 Discussion Paper. The Feedback Statement is part of the regulator’s work of examining firms using dealing commission and in particular, the charges that are being paid by...
by Emma Cleveland | 2015-03-24 | Our Thinking
On 18 February 2015, the FCA published its thematic review on asset management firms and the risk of market abuse (TR15/1). The paper presents the regulator’s findings from the thematic review of how asset management firms control the risk of committing market abuse....
by Emma Cleveland | 2015-03-17 | Industry News
On 24 February 2015 the Bank of England (BoE) published a speech by Andrew Hauser, Director of Market Strategy at the BoE and head of the Fair and Effective Markets Review (FEMR) secretariat. The speech was aimed at identifying the key issues raised in the FEMR...