The U.K. Accelerated Settlement Taskforce (AST) recently released its interim report, presenting recommendations for the industry’s shift to shorter T+1 settlement. The task force has opened a brief consultation period to gather industry feedback on these recommendations. One key aspect of the task force’s strategy is learning from the U.S. experience with T+1 as part… Read More >>
Barclays Penalized for EFRP Records Violations
A U.S. regulator has cited Barclays Bank on charges of record-keeping violations and is imposing a $500,000 civil monetary penalty upon the bank, months after the U.K. banking giant was cited for problems with its submissions of large trader reports (LTRs) on physical commodity swap positions. The CFTC, the regulator in both cases, is now… Read More >>