Regulation
Trading Places: Hires for Citi, UBS and Paul Hastings
Find out who is on the move in the City and beyond this week
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FCA confirms payments and digital finance boss
David Geale named permanent head of payments and digital finance
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Ex-KPMG CEO on how to regulate businesses for growth
Regulators need to do more than just cutting red tape and bureaucracy, says former KPMG chief executive
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The FCA’s overseas mission is a Brexit consequence
The UK markets watchdog wants to set up shop abroad for the first time. But why?
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EU regulator to intervene in row between market makers and German exchanges
Executives clash over legal definition of multilateral as retail trading booms
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FCA prepares ‘multi-year’ review of trading firm capital rules
City regulator explores custom rules to boost market liquidity
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Wall Street has a wish list for the SEC’s new boss
Money managers want less regulation and more freedom on where they can pitch their products
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FCA chief executive Nikhil Rathi reappointed for second term
Leader of the markets watchdog to stay on for another five years
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Banks warned against dodging capital rules through risk transfers
Lenders are increasingly offloading credit risks from their balance sheets, but the Bank of England says some deals are ‘imprudent’
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Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey to lead global banking watchdog
Appointment comes as US tariffs put global financial markets in a tailspin
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FCA set to slash rules for smaller private equity firms and hedge funds
The City watchdog wants to radically increase the asset threshold before full regulation kicks in for alternative fund managers
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Dubai’s finance sector has boomed. Now it needs regulators
In high demand, compliance staff are tripling their salaries as the UAE rolls out the red carpet
Serious Fraud Office spends £220,000 on aborted move to Canary Wharf
Prosecutor ditched the planned docklands relocation to spend more money on its internal systems
French regulators to probe shadow banking risks
Watchdogs and central bank team up to look at how shocks from so-called non-bank financial institutions could ripple through markets
Pressure grows on Triton to reveal internal investigation amid culture allegations
Gina Miller and Diversity VC call for transparency as private equity firm concludes initial fact-finding probe
New audit watchdog set to go after non-accountant directors
Government to press ahead with plan to hold top staff at firms accountable as Arga finally gets nearer
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FCA plans Consumer Duty roadshow in wealth firm outreach
The regulator is set to host of series of events around the UK
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CMA faces tough questions over handling of information requests from journalists
Documents obtained by FN show queries are passed to the press office and probed for ‘reputational impact’
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If Nikhil Rathi wants to stay CEO, he needs to sort out the FCA’s ballooning headcount
The watchdog must not extend its new growth focus to its own spiralling staff numbers
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Staff troubles are behind us, FCA boss says
Nikhil Rathi praises colleagues after a tough period for the regulator
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