The European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) final guidelines on remuneration that are part of the investment vehicle regulations known as the Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities, aka UCITs V, was supposed to provide clarity when determining a fund manager’s pay package. However, certain aspects remain unclear, especially when it comes to the… Read More >>
Regulators Could Halt Blockchain’s Progress
CFTC Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo is calling on U.S. and European regulators and policymakers to take a “do no harm approach” toward the oversight of emerging distributed ledger technology (DLT), popularized by the blockchain underpinnings for cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Otherwise, DLT’s growth is at “risk of being stymied by disparate and uncertain regulation,” says Giancarlo, who… Read More >>