Operational risk
Commission publishes clarification Mifid best execution
European Commission finally responses to CESR's best execution questions
EU sues 24 member states over trading rules
McCreevy cracks the whip on EU states that have missed the Mifid transposition deadline.
ULLINK to provide SEB best execution solution
ULLINK has smart solution to best execution demands
Hometrack outlines who wins most from Basel II
Taking the advanced approach is best for large retail mortgage lenders.
ABA raises SOX concerns with Congress
Congress hears more SOX greivances
Mifid will lead to a risk-based approach to client communications, says club
Asset-management firms will spend more time focusing on products and communications that present the greatest risk.
European Commission speech on EU/US regulatory dialogue
More EU/US coordination on regulation needed, says Holmquist
Financial data market will be hit by Mifid, says CEPS chief
Chief executive at CEPS argues that the implementation of the Mifid will have a significant impact on the financial market data business.
CESR re-consults on inducements under Mifid
CESR issues draft recommendations on inducements under Mifid to help foster supervisory convergence and consistent implementation of Article 26 of the Mifid Level 2 Directive.
US questions best execution
A new paper from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has questioned the operability of best execution.
Bank of Israel to be Basel II compliant by 2009
Bank of Israel issues new draft revised frameowrk for Basel II implementation
Project Boat selects partners
Project Boat consortium selects BT Radianz and COLT as client connectivity and infrastructure hosting partners.
Alliance & Leicester becomes UK’s first Basel II approved bank
FSA approves Alliance & Leicester's Basel II regime
ABSA retains Quadrant for Basel II, SOX and IAS 39 advice
Quadrant’s Risk Consultancy Division advices ABSA
New website for status of Mifid transposition in Europe
The Europa site has a new webpage containing information about the status of transposition of Mifid in the various EU Member States.
Equiduct out with third Mifid white paper
Market Transparency: Making Unfilled Orders Public - new Equiduct White Paper
SunGard launches Mifid Hub
SunGard aims to solve Mifid record keeping dilemna
AMF moves forward with Mifid implementation
France takes one step further towards Mifid
The challenges in modelling hedge fund returns
academic paper
Why eclectic excellence is the key unlocking 3C's success
3C has an interesting range of funds and is launching into another based on options and futures trading, so bringing its investors returns from private equity, through to a Japanese product focused on the China growth story, as David Walker reports
The fund of hedge fund paper chase
hedge fund administration
The aspects of uniformity
academic paper
Preparing for impact: Reg NMS and MiFID
liquidity