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Mexican businessman found guilty in mixed verdict in US bribery trial
Mexican businessman Ramon Alexandro Rovirosa Martinez was convicted in the US of paying bribes to officials of Mexico’s state-owned oil company in exchange for cont... (more story)
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UK pensions bill advances in lawmakers' scrutiny with investment mandate intact
A draft UK law to reform Britain’s pensions industry — including a reserve power for the government to require funds to allocate a minimum share of investment to UK... (more story)
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Mexican businessman paid bribes to fix problems with Pemex, US says at trial
A Mexican businessman paid bribes to resolve his problems with Mexico’s state-owned oil company and continue receiving its business, prosecutors said at the start o... (more story)
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he will seek to overhaul the Treasury-led Financial Stability Oversight Council to focus on “economic growth and economic security” rather than identifying and monitori... (more story)
The EU’s foreign direct investment screening revamp has reached a political conclusion, with agreement on introducing mandatory minimum checks for all member states and expanding scrutiny to sensitive technolo... (more story)
UK consumers will be offered “ready-made” financial recommendations on how to invest or save for pensions, as the Financial Conduct Authority attempts to close the “advice gap” and push people to invest more m... (more story)
Nine of the largest US banks — including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America — improperly curtailed loans for politically conservative services such as Arctic energy exploration, coal mining, immigration detent... (more story)
The cryptocurrency trading platform Paxful has settled with US authorities over anti-money laundering compliance failures that enabled illicit actors like commercial sex-trade websites, darknet marketplaces an... (more story)
The European Parliament’s draft stance on a revamped securitization framework will include further loosening of the prudential and transparency requirements, MLex has learned. The report, drafted by center-rig... (more story)
The two UK’s financial watchdogs have told prime minister Keir Starmer that they have delivered most of the measures linked to the government’s growth mandate. The chiefs of the Financial Conduct Authority and... (more story)
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has receded from its part in a 2003 settlement with 12 Wall Street firms that walled off the firms’ research analysts from investment bankers. Offering few details, Re... (more story)
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EU finance ministers on Friday highlighted expected differences between those favoring more centralized markets supervision and those opposed. They had their first discussion on revamped EU market infrastructu... (more story)
UK non-financial misconduct rules still have gray areas, legal experts have warned, despite the release of the Financial Conduct Authority’s latest guidance to clarify its expectations. The FCA will extend its... (more story)
The UK financial watchdog's latest two-year plan shows it opening new fronts in financial-services policy even as the timeline for other current initiatives slips. The FCA's "Regulatory Initiatives Grid" inclu... (more story)
The European Commission's proposal to enhance integrated market infrastructure has been broadly welcomed by the financial sector. But concerns over certain provisions — ranging from supervisory convergence pow... (more story)
US Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould put his thumb on the scale for digital and financial technology firms over banks in firms’ applications for new bank charters. He also hailed the influx of new app... (more story)
Scaling up EU market infrastructures and the asset-management sector is seen by the bloc's executive arm as essential for achieving more competitive capital markets. To support this vision, the European Commis... (more story)
Major UK lenders this week saw capital requirements eased for the first time in the post-crisis era, with a cut in the amount that they must hold in reserve intended to meet the government's expectation of the... (more story)
Investment funds engaging in for-profit support of court cases aren't likely to see any EU-wide regulatory action in the short term. The European Commission appears to see no reason to intervene, and for now i... (more story)