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2 January 2024
What does 2024 hold for financial services regulation?
Amid a torrid 2023, and looming elections, U.S. financial regulators face a tough 2024. MBK Search looks ahead at what's on the agenda for regulators over the next year.
21 December 2023
4 Risk Priorities in the ECB’s 2024-26 Agenda
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published its 2024-2026 priorities for ensuring bank resilience. As geopolitical and financial challenges persist across Europe, the ECB has identified three broad areas of focus for the next 24 months. MBK Search has produced this high-level take on what the bank’s plans and what risk managers across the continent can expect.
19 December 2023
Adobe-Figma: The regulators' objections and what comes next
14 December 2023
Explainer: The SEC’s new rules for Treasury Securities Clearing
The SEC has adopted new rules to strengthen risk management practices and expand access to central clearing for US Treasury securities. The amendments aim to reduce systemic risk and costs for market participants by increasing central clearing of Treasury cash and repo transactions. MBK Search presents this high-level explainer of the new rule.
13 December 2023
Cop28 agreement: Key points for risk and compliance
Nearly 200 countries at Cop28 have agreed to a historic deal explicitly pressing all nations to transition away from fossil fuels to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. MBK Search has looked through the agreement and produced this high-level digest.
4 December 2023
Explainer: CFTC Guidance for Exchanges Listing Carbon Credit Derivatives
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has proposed new guidance to standardize listing voluntary carbon credit (VCC) derivative contracts on regulated exchanges. MBK Search has looked at the proposed guidance and pulled out five big takeaways:
30 November 2023
OCC Outlines Bank Supervision Priorities for 2024
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has released its 2024 operating plan detailing elevated supervision priorities for overseeing national banks and federal savings associations. With inflation high, rates rising, and recession possibilities looming, the agency aims to ensure banks are prepared to navigate heightened uncertainty.
28 November 2023
SEC Drops Hammer on Conflicts in Securitization Deals
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted Rule 192, spotlighting conflicts of interest in assembling and selling asset-backed securities (ABS). Here are 5 key takeaways for industry players to fully grasp what the SEC deems over the compliance line
10 November 2023
Key points in the Federal Reserve's November Supervision and Regulation Report
Federal regulators are turning up the heat on big banks, proposing an array of tougher capital, debt, and operational standards.
2 November 2023
SEC rule changes are driving a race for compliance talent
Enhanced regulation of private funds is fueling competition for compliance professionals. In the latest edition of our webcast, MBK Talks, marketing director Michael Oliver interviewed MBK Search’s chief executive officer Spencer Knibbe, to find out how firms should prepare for the new regime.
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