Banks across Asia are widely divergent in their implementation of Basel III rules, including the new Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) regime. Panellists at the recent International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) conference in Hong Kong warned that this divergence is creating uncertainty, with some banks implementing the new rules to a high global standard while others have not yet begun or considered their compliance strategy.
Date: 1 December 2026 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes The UK, EU and Swiss markets move to T+1 settlement on 11 October 2027, but the first binding compression arrives almost a year earlier. ESMA’s amended settlement discipline RTS expects allocation and confirmation completed by 23:00 CET on trade...
The FCA’s latest sanctions review raises the bar for firms to prove that screening systems, data feeds, alert workflows and vendor arrangements work under live sanctions conditions. The review draws on the FCA’s assessment of more than 150 supervised firms since February 2022. It includes examples of good and poor practice across governance, management information,...
A-Team Group’s Digital Assets & Tokenisation Briefing assembles an exclusive group of CxOs and senior technology innovators. These leading market practitioners and infrastructure providers are collectively building the digital rails and decentralised networks that will power Wall Street 2.0.
AI adoption in capital markets has moved into a more disciplined phase. The priority is now controlled deployment: where AI can be used safely, where it can deliver measurable value, and how outputs can be governed, monitored and evidenced. The 2026 edition of the AI in Capital Markets Handbook examines how AI is being applied...