Latest articles from Justin Pugsley

Insufficient buy-side signatories to FX code of conduct

MAS deputy managing director says outreach initiative to be launched to encourage more buy-side firms to sign up to global FX code of conduct

China crackdown on fintech firms hits float plans

Chinese fintech firms delay IPO plans as local regulators intensify crackdown on the non-banking financial sector 

EU and Switzerland struggling to forge new treaty

EU-Swiss talks hit impasse with EU equivalence measures for the Swiss stock exchange potentially at stake 

CFTC commissioners soon to be at full strength

US Senate swears in two new commissioners for the CFTC, enabling it to tackle controversial measures designed to restrict commodity speculation

SEC enforcement cases face retrial following improper procedure

The SEC faces revisiting more than 100 enforcement cases because it failed to follow proper procedures for appointing in-houses judges.

Dietrich Domanski

FSB pivot signals the start of a new era

Dietrich Domanski, the secretary general of the Financial Stability Board, talks to GRR about the organisation’s pivot away from policy-making towards implementation and evaluation, and discusses what that means in practical terms for regulators and the industry. By Justin Pugsley

SEC moves to simplify disclosure requirements to investors

SEC votes unanimously to simply disclosure requirements to investors by covered firms to reduce their reporting burden

CFTC looks to officially exempt smaller users from swaps clearing requirement

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) voted unanimously to exempt smaller swaps end users from the clearing requirement as part of a drive to simplify regulation.

US prudential regulators amend LCR to allow some high quality municipal bonds

The Fed, FDIC and OCC have amended the LCR to allow the inclusion of some high quality municipal bonds

 

Living will deadlines extended for two categories of financial firms

Four foreign banks and one designated non-bank have been given extra time by the Fed and FDIC to file their living will plans