Financial Services Daily News

A daily round-up of financial services news and events.

6 January 2009

FSA proposes lifting short selling ban but extending short selling disclosure regime; FSA's connected travel insurance regime came into force on 1 January 2009; FSA fines Mr McKegg and Mr Taylor for market abuse; FSA discussion paper on consumer responsibility; FSA publishes examples of good and poor practices on its data security webpage; CEIOPS’ work programme 2009 for Financial Requirements Expert Group and Internal Models Expert Group; Financial conditions and stability in the European insurance and occupational pension fund sector: risk update; ABI Solvency II Bulletin – a European prudential supervisor?; Mortgage advisors banned for misleading the FSA and systems and controls failings; Retail distribution review: ombudsman implications; CESR, CEBS and CEIOPS publish updated Joint Protocol coordinating their joint activities; CESR publishes Q&A on MiFID; CESR’s draft technical advice on access and interoperability arrangements; Credit default swaps on Bclear; European Commission approves amendments to UK financial support measures to the banking industr; Q&As on the IMF’s strategic agenda; FSA consults on changes to the rules for approved persons; FSA handbook development newsletter; CESR issues call for evidence on the regulation of short selling by CESR Members; COBS post-implementation review; ABI guidance on directors' powers to allot share capital and disapply pre-emption rights; Summary of responses to Treasury consultation on changes to Part 7 of the Companies Act 1989; CEBS Compendium of supplementary guidelines on implementation issues of operational risk; SEC approves temporary exemptions to allow central counterparty for credit default swaps; Failure to meet contractual payment obligations was a repudiatory breach despite other party’s existing failure to comply with contractual obligations; Now available through FSnet Insurance: Insurance and Reinsurance Newsletter (December issue)

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The China Insurance Regulatory Commission has introduced a new regulatory regime aimed at enhancing its supervision over the solvency of Chinese insurers. The Administrative Provisions on the Solvency of Insurance Companies (New Provisions) came into force on 1 September 2008. This briefing provides an overview of the provisions and considers their implications for the development of China’s insurance sector.

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