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“Let’s not run before we can walk”: BoE’s Bailey on stablecoins

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

Cum-ex and other forms of dividend arbitrage – implications for financial institutions in the UK

RPC partners Adam Craggs and Michelle Sloane, and associate Alice Kemp, consider the recent convictions in the first criminal trial related to Cum-ex trades, and the ongoing impact for financial institutions in the UK.

29 June 2020

45 under 45 – call for nominations

GBRR is assembling a “45 under 45” survey, and inviting nominations from our readers.

27 March 2020

“Purposeful” culture: the FCA approach and driving diversity

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority recently called on firms to develop a “purposeful” culture. But what does “purpose” mean for financial institutions?

27 March 2020

Profitability after the crisis - should Europe loosen the screws?

With the ‘post-crisis’ phase of banking regulation now in the rear-view mirror, banks in Europe are seeing tighter profit margins than their US counterparts – but is that a reason to go slow on the EU’s implementation of Basel III? EU regulators and bank in-housers met in Brussels at an International Swaps & Derivatives Association (ISDA) event to discuss.

06 March 2020

A Global Regulatory Sandbox Network?

Regulatory sandboxes have been a feature of the regulatory landscape since 2016, when the UK FCA introduced them as a means of allowing firms to test innovative propositions in the market, with real consumers. Now regulators are looking at a global network.

06 March 2020