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Nasdaq OMX first to win EU approval to clear derivatives

August 25, 2021 at 3:06 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX has kicked off Europe's next phase in making financial derivatives safer by becoming the first clearing house to be authorized under new European Union rules....

Exclusive: EU legal opinion opens door to Tobin tax on forex

December 23, 2018 at 10:54 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Deals from the multi-trillion euro a day foreign exchange market could in principle be included in a tax on financial transactions, a legal opinion from European Union...

Bankers sidestepping bonus cap face regulator action: EU’s Barnier

September 9, 2018 at 5:37 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Bankers who sidestep a cap on their bonuses will face action from the European Union's banking regulator, the bloc's financial services chief said on Tuesday as he...

Global regulators to intensify efforts to revive securitization

August 25, 2021 at 3:03 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Global regulators will intensify their efforts to revive a securitization market tarnished by the financial crisis and now seen by policymakers as a key source of funds...

Bankers behaving badly face 6-year bonus clawback by BoE

November 4, 2021 at 1:24 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Misbehaving bankers and their bosses will have to hand back bonuses up to six years after they pocket them under a rule the Bank of England is...

Bankers behaving badly face 6-year bonus clawback by BoE

December 23, 2018 at 10:45 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Misbehaving bankers and their bosses will have to hand back bonuses up to six years after they pocket them under a rule the Bank of England is...

BoE to check banker allowances comply with bonus cap

August 25, 2021 at 2:48 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England is scrutinizing allowances awarded to top staff by banks in an effort to establish whether they are a covert way of avoiding a...

UK financial body urges quick action over foreign exchange ‘fixing’

August 25, 2021 at 2:49 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Regulators should deal quickly with allegations that banks have rigged the $5.3 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market to avoid harming Britain's reputation as a financial centre, a top...

EU lawmakers to press Barnier on scope of bonus cap rule

November 4, 2021 at 1:23 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - European Union rules to cap bankers' bonuses were in doubt on Monday after the bloc's lawmakers agreed to consider a revamp to stop Britain's banks softening their...

EU lawmakers to press Barnier on scope of bonus cap rule

December 23, 2018 at 10:41 p.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - European Union rules to cap bankers' bonuses were in doubt on Monday after the bloc's lawmakers agreed to consider a revamp to stop Britain's banks softening their...

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