Thomas Helm

Financial journalist

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Thomas has worked for a variety of media outlets, including Kashmir Observer, La Vanguardia, and Hürriyet Daily News. His long report "The Accumulative Impact of Post-Crisis Regulation" was the first journalistic attempt to survey the impact of post-2008 reforms on financial markets. He is currently focused on Brexit, Mifid II, market structure issues, and sustainable finance.

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Regulation

Basel Endgame divergence creates compliance frictions

Law firms are helping international banking groups manage the complex differences in market and credit risk frameworks

Thomas Helm, March 13, 2024
Capital Markets

Primer: T+1 settlement

While North American markets are ahead of the UK and EU in implementing T+1, lawyers in Europe are busy preparing clients for a shortened settlement cycle on the horizon

Thomas Helm, March 06, 2024
Regulation

Primer: Designated reporter regime

Lawyers are helping firms prepare for one of the biggest shifts in European transparency rules

Thomas Helm, February 21, 2024
Regulation

EU-UK firms shift towards separate compliance regimes

Law firms are advising clients affected by post-Brexit divergence, which is forcing firms with both a UK and an EU presence to operate two separate compliance policies and reporting systems

Thomas Helm, February 20, 2024
Regulation

FCA’s non-equity transparency creates problems for trading venues

Trading venues may be subject to additional competitivity challenges and regulatory risks under the FCA’s proposed amendments to Mifir, according to law firms

Thomas Helm, February 07, 2024
Regulation

Banks take tactical approach to FRTB

Cost, complexity and uncertainty issues around the internal model approach have led even the largest banks to view implementation from a cost-benefit perspective

Thomas Helm, February 01, 2024
Regulation

Primer: Basel Endgame

The final piece of the far-reaching Basel III package is complex, expensive to implement and comes with significant divergence issues between the EU, UK and US

Thomas Helm, January 24, 2024
Regulation

Consolidated tapes enter their final make-or-break phase

Technical and political complexities may present roadblocks for consolidated tape implementation in the EU and UK

Thomas Helm, January 17, 2024
Regulation

Primer: Mifir Review

Uncertain timelines, the sheer volume of changes, and post-Brexit divergence continue to create challenges for market participants

Thomas Helm, January 11, 2024
UK anti-greenwashing rule to fill conduct gaps

Market participants expect the anti-greenwashing rule to remove any lingering ambiguity around sustainability claims

Thomas Helm, May 30, 2023
UK focus on transition finance leapfrogs EU regime

Market participants applaud the SDR’s pioneering sustainable improvers label, though divergence concerns remain

Thomas Helm, April 27, 2023
Markets call out climate leadership deficit

ESG practitioners blame slow green transition on weak political leadership

Thomas Helm, April 11, 2023