Europe

Securities financing is becoming more time-sensitive as shorter settlement cycles change the pace at which securities and collateral need to move through the market. For World Finance Informs, the shift is important because securities lending and repo support the...

The move toward faster settlement is changing how market participants manage the period between trade execution and final settlement. For World Finance Informs, the development points to a broader operational shift across securities markets: activities that once had more...

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has launched a consultation seeking views on whether gold tokenisation could improve how gold is traded, transferred, pledged and held within UK financial markets. The regulator is examining whether digital representations of physical gold,...

The European Union’s new anti money laundering framework is putting greater emphasis on consistency in how breaches are identified, assessed and sanctioned. As the Authority for Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism takes on a stronger...

The European Union's new anti money laundering framework is moving from legislative design toward detailed implementation, with technical standards becoming an important part of how firms will interpret and apply the new requirements. Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 establishes the core...

Financial crime increasingly crosses institutional and jurisdictional boundaries, making the speed, consistency and quality of information exchange more important to anti money laundering efforts. A single transaction can involve multiple financial institutions, payment channels and jurisdictions, while each organisation...

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...