12/19/2019 12:00:00 AM A Stable Solution? By Howard Kennedy With the UK caught up in the drama of a general election, Christine Lagarde's first press conference as President of the European Central...
12/9/2019 12:00:00 AM Are we going to enter a post-regulatory age? By Howard Kennedy The Financial Times this morning (9 December) has issued a warning that we appear to be entering a time when financial regulation may be...
11/28/2019 10:51:02 AM FCA intervention of 'speculative illiquid securities' By Howard Kennedy The FCA has introduced a temporary product intervention to the promotion of speculative mini-bonds. These new regulations specifically...
11/6/2019 12:00:00 AM The Future of Money? By Howard Kennedy Late in August, Mark Carney suggested that the current dollar based global monetary system is untenable and will need replacing. With...
8/5/2019 3:33:22 PM FCA clarifies what constitutes "good culture" and "good conduct" By David Hamilton The countdown to the implementation of the FCA's Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) for all remaining FCA firms in December...
7/17/2019 2:43:43 PM Woodford & the FCA's balancing act By Howard Kennedy During a speech at the FCA's annual public meeting on Wednesday 17 July, Andrew Bailey (the Chief Executive) commented that the Woodford...
6/11/2019 12:00:00 AM Is the FCA missing key points over the Woodford fund suspension? By David Hamilton A listener to the comments of Andrew Bailey of the Financial Conduct Authority on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme this morning (11 June...
6/4/2019 12:00:00 AM Suspending dealing in a fund: An end in itself or just the beginning of the end? By Howard Kennedy When investor confidence in a manager is low, suspending dealing is one of the tools which can be used to manage the outward flow; as we...
5/30/2019 12:00:00 AM A credit card to allow you to spend your crypto anywhere By Howard Kennedy So many questions. But however you look at it, this could be revolutionary. According to yesterday's @Financial Times, @Visa is launching...