Regulation

Financial Services Authority Publishes 2008/9 Business Plan

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published its business plan for 2008 9. The plan sets out the FSA's programme of work for the year ahead to address the risks highlighted by the Financial Risk Outlook, published last week. The

BPC Joins PCI Security Standards Council

BPC Banking Technologies has joined the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) as a new participating organisation. As a PCI SSC member, BPC will work with the Council to evolve the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and other payment

Commentary: Liquidity is King in the MiFID Market

"Stock exchanges have long been aware of the pressures from pan European regulation such as MiFID and the effects of cross border consolidation in eroding the typical monopolistic national exchange structure. The truth about the changes, however, is likely to

FSA Managing Director Delivers Speech At Compliance Institute

In a speech at the Compliance Institute on 30 January, Clive Briault, the Financial Services Authority's (FSA) managing director of Retail Markets, outlined an overview of some of the main challenges and tasks facing the FSA for 2008. The speech

Clearstream Gets Approval For Highest Operational Risk Measurements

Clearstream has been granted approval by Luxembourg's regulator, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) to start using the Advanced Measurement Approach (AMA) for the calculation of its own funds requirements for operational risk, making it the first International