EU green lights ESG ratings regulation for 2026
The UK is also bringing forward ESG ratings regulation
FCA
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Capula Investment Management holding $500m of Bitcoin
The firm holds $224.7m in iShares Bitcoin TR, $28.4m in iShares Bitcoin TR, and $211m in Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin
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Investors in limbo as Woodford saga takes big twist
High-profile fund manager Neil Woodford has been fired and his flagship Equity Income Fund is to be wound up
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Woodford set to rake in €14.2m as trapped investors remain in dark
Beleaguered British fund manager delivers few new details as fund suspension set to continue until December
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FCA accuses Woodford of veering from the spirit of its rules
FCA boss Andrew Bailey had previously claimed shortcomings in EU regulations were behind fallout at Woodford debacle
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EU hits back in Woodford blame game
European Commission says poor oversight by UK financial regulator was key reason for Neil Woodford debacle
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EU-UK regulator pact agreed in event of no-deal Brexit
Agreement signed between the FCA and Esma covers cooperation and exchanges of information in event of ‘worst case scenario’
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59% of asset managers ‘preparing for hard Brexit’
As hopes for deal hang in balance an increasing number of firms are drawing up plans for cliff-edge exit
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EU firms passporting to run till 2022 in event of no-deal
Backstop plan proposes that in the event of no Brexit transition period passporting rules will continue for further three years
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UK regulator tells firms to prep for ‘no deal’ Brexit
Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has told regulated firms in the country to prepare for the UK to crash out of the European Union with a “no deal” Brexit.
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Financial services must be part of EU/UK trade deal, says FCA
The EU recently proposed a single trade agreement with the US, so there is no reason it cannot have one with the UK post-Brexit, according to the chief executive of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
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Do expensive funds provide value for money?
When investors decide to buy a fund that charges higher-than-average fees, they presumably do so because they expect the manager to compensate for this by delivering outperformance.