UK and China regulators approve London-Shanghai Stock Connect
The London-Shanghai Stock Connect has gone live providing international investors access China A-shares without the need for a direct trading link.
The London-Shanghai Stock Connect has gone live providing international investors access China A-shares without the need for a direct trading link.
ICE Data Services has been given green light in the UK to act as a third country benchmark administrator.
Several major institutions have opted to establish Dutch entities as the UK prepares to leave the European Union.
European regulatory watchdog revises approach to STO for 14 UK stocks after FCA raises alarm over liquidity and market fragmentation under a no-deal scenario.
Over one year since the separation of payments for execution and research was introduced via MiFID II in Europe, Hayley McDowell examines the unintended consequences of unbundling for buy- and sell-side institutions and finds an industry still coming to terms with the change.
Linear Investments insisted that no instances of market abuse went undetected or unreported, but FCA says oversight of surveillance systems was insufficient.
Analysis from big xyt shows that some stocks will be caught in the crossfire of a UK share trading obligation, as industry’s concern on EU no-deal Brexit share trading plans heightens.
Goldman Sachs is handed largest penalty to date by the FCA after the watchdog found errors in more than 200 million transaction reports.
Major UK stocks including Vodafone and Coca-Cola would have to be traded within the EU in ‘no-deal’ Brexit scenario under the share trading obligation.
The FCA hands UBS largest MiFID transaction reporting fine to date after more than 130 million reports were found to be inaccurate.