After providing inaccurate information to a U.K. regulator about its fixed income trading processes in 2011, U.K.-based Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd. fell prey to a fraudulent trade made via its emerging markets debt desk, according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which fined the firm £6,038,504 ($8.9 million) on Dec. 15, 2015, according to the… Read More >>
Can Banks Really Create a Culture of Compliance?
The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) recent decision to fine Barclays a record £72 million ($108.3 million) for the alleged poor handling of financial crime risks will likely serve to reinforce the public perception of greedy bankers. But have financial institutions made any progress in developing a more positive culture in the new regulatory era of… Read More >>
GLEIF Takes Charge of the LEI Effort
Editor’s note: The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), the body overseeing the Global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) System, has taken center stage in the effort to promote the usage of the LEI standard. In fact, GLEIF has just launched the Global LEI Index, “a golden copy of all past and current LEI records including… Read More >>
Former FSA Head to Join Oliver Wyman
International management consulting firm Oliver Wyman, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, reports that the former head of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) Sir Hector Sants will join the firm as a partner and vice chairman, officials say. From mid-2007 to mid-2012, he was the chief executive of the FSA in the… Read More >>
