Latest articles from Justin Pugsley

ESMA updates European Parliament on regulatory progress

Esma updates EU parliament on MiFID and MiFIR progress, capital markets union and preparations for the UK’s departure from the EU.

Bank of England to publish stress test results on December 5

Bank of England to publish stress test results for seven systemically important lenders on December 5

AMF finds good and bad practices relating to MiFID

France’s AMF finds a mix of good and bad practices in relation to MiFID II compliance following a thematic inspection at the beginning of the year

Asia struggling to meet EU benchmarks regulation deadline

Asian benchmark administrators are increasingly concerned that EU supervised firms may become cut off from Asian markets as non-EU administrators struggle to register their benchmarks

Basel Committee slams ‘window dressing’ behaviour by banks

Basel Committee warns that it is considering further measures to drive compliance with the leverage ratio following spats of market volatility related to bank 'window dressing'

Former Fed chief Yellen warns over huge deterioration in some lending standards

Former Fed chair Janet Yellen voices concern over huge deterioration in lending standards to corporates and over the deregulation agenda being pursued by US president Donald Trump

SEC to focus on investors, innovation and performance

The SEC said its latest four-year plan will focus on investors, innovation and on improving its own performance with the use of data and technology

CFTC threatens EU institutions US market access over CCP oversight

CFTC chair threatens EU with blocking access to US clearing facilities if EU doesn’t relent on some of its proposals for overseeing overseas clearing houses

Charlie Browne

Basel Committee proposes new ways for leverage ratio treatment of client cleared derivatives

Basel Committee proposes two possible ways for offsetting margin for client cleared derivatives for the leverage ratio, but says it is up to the industry to come up with compelling evidence to justify a change

FSB plenary members highlight vulnerabilities to the financial system

In a meeting of FSB plenary members there was a consensus that though global economic growth remains robust, there are potential vulnerabilities around interest rates and debt sustainability