This article is the third in a series of articles that will be published on GreySpark Partners’ Capital Markets Intelligence Web site over the coming months.
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The implementation of new EU transaction reporting regulations in 2018 will alter the ways in which the front-office of buyside firms and investment banks interact with clients as well as put additional pressure on back-office systems.
Sellside FICC trading business models are targeted for reform under the Basel Committee’s Fundamental Review of the Trading Book proposals. This article explores how the long-standing businesses within banks are subject to change under the regulations and what the implications of these changes will be for the industry as a whole.
This opinion piece explores the reasons why GreySpark Partners believes that the forthcoming implementation of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book regulations means that it is imperative that banks rethink their risk infrastructure and develop a plan for compliance.
If a perfect storm is an event in which a rare combination of circumstances drastically aggravates the circumstances of an existing situation, then the growing trend within the fintech industry...
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The recent financial crisis exposed some glaring weaknesses in the EU’s financial markets regulatory frameworks governing the distribution and sale of retail investment products such as funds to the region’s...
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Delays in the publication of all of the Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) for the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) proposals are having an interesting, observable and positive...
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Australia’s OTC derivative reforms provide a framework for the regulation of OTC derivatives reporting, central clearing and trade execution and affect almost all participants in the financial services sector who...
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This article was originally published in Bloomberg Brief's Economics Asia on Aug. 7, 2014. Dark Pool Trading Increasing Amid Regulatory Concerns There is still a great deal of secrecy surrounding dark...
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This article was originally published in Bloomberg Brief's inaugural Financial Regulation Asia-Pacific Region Special on Aug. 1, 2014. GreySpark’s Shekar Says Rising Bilateral Trade Costs to Impact Australian OTC Market...
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There is plenty of analysis and commentary on how capital markets regulations are altering the market structure of a number of different asset classes, affecting the ability of buyside firms,...
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As OTC derivatives regulation moves into the realm of ‘business as usual’ for many trading counterparts in the US and EU, Australia has only taken tentative steps forward in transforming...
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