A roundup of this week's news in regulation, featuring SFTR, TLAC, Brexit and Libor reform, plus the industry finally making progress with regulators on Priips
A lack of investor education may be to blame, but here analysts on both buy and sellside argue that the unpredictability of bail-in regimes is a far bigger concern
The new directive is reshaping trading activities, giving low-frequency strategies an edge and driving a shift towards large-in-scale as the buyside gets more comfortable with the new environment
In the latest example of the new directive's extraterritorial reach, here portfolio managers and research providers explain that just six months in, the unbundled model has already become the norm