Europe

The European Union’s new anti money laundering framework is placing greater emphasis on how financial groups organise and apply compliance controls across different entities and jurisdictions. Rather than relying on separate approaches at subsidiary level, the framework establishes stronger...

The European Union’s new anti money laundering framework is placing greater emphasis on the quality, consistency and accessibility of data used by supervisors. As the Authority for Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism prepares for direct...

The European anti money laundering framework is entering a new supervisory phase as responsibility shifts toward a more integrated model. The creation of the Authority for Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism introduces an EU level...

Europe's capital markets have become more integrated in some areas, but important differences remain in the infrastructure connecting investors, issuers and financial intermediaries across national borders. The European Central Bank says financial integration in the euro area has strengthened...

Distributed ledger technology is moving into a more consequential phase for European financial markets. The question is no longer limited to whether individual institutions can issue, trade or settle tokenised assets. European policymakers and market participants are increasingly examining...

European capital markets are being asked to become larger, more integrated and more competitive without losing the benefits that come from having multiple market infrastructures. That makes financial market infrastructures an important part of the wider competitiveness discussion. The...

Europe's move to a one-business-day settlement cycle is changing the amount of time available for the processes that sit between trade execution and settlement. The transition to T+1 settlement is scheduled for 11 October 2027, giving market participants a...