Features

“I think we will begin to see a fair degree of divergence”: In the first of GBRR’s "Heads Up" series, profiling the heads of banking regulatory practices, we sat down with Linklaters’ global head of financial regulation Peter Bevan, to discuss the future of UK and EU regulation post-Brexit, the challenges of running a global practice, and why the shift to sustainability may be the dominating theme of the next decade of regulation.

16 August 2021

In the last year, the banking sector has weathered the covid-19 crisis, but the demises of non-banks Archegos, Greensill and Wirecard have raised questions about the distinctions between bank and non-bank regulation. As fintechs continue to innovate, and alternative lenders offer an increasingly wide range of services, do regulators need to widen their perimeter?

14 July 2021

Alexander Dorfmann, senior product manager, financial information at financial market infrastructure operator SIX, argues banks should leverage the data they have already collected from past regulatory initiatives to meet the challenges associated with the Basel III Fundamental Review of the Trading Book.

17 May 2021

Thomas Cattee, white-collar crime specialist at Gherson in London, examines the Financial Conduct Authority’s recently-launched criminal proceedings against NatWest – the first case it has brought against a bank under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007.

01 April 2021

Corker Binning partners David Corker and Claire Cross discuss a busy year in relation to the fallout from the cum-ex trading scandal, as a new case sheds light onto the Financial Conduct Authority's "leisurely" approach to commencing regulatory hostilities.

15 March 2021

Don’t forget about the key capabilities needed to deliver operational resilience programmes successfully, writes Sundeep Gupta, a managing consultant at PA Consulting in London.

03 February 2021

Joe Biden has defeated Donald Trump to become the United States’ next president – triggering an overhaul of the federal government and its regulatory agencies. What can banking regulation practitioners around the world expect from the new administration?

19 November 2020

Featured in 45 Under 45 2020

GBRR is proud to introduce our “45 under 45”, profiling 45 leading next generation banking regulation specialists from around the world, all under the age of 45 at the time of publication.

16 November 2020

Demarest partner Fabio de Almeida Braga outlines what practitioners need to know about Brazil’s new risk-based approach to money laundering and terrorism financing.

10 November 2020

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has urged caution on stablecoin initiatives, saying multi-currency ‘baskets’ are the “wrong place to start”.

08 September 2020