Our Recent Thought Leadership July 27, 2018

The following represents a carefully curated selection of our recent Thought Leadership contributions:

CFDs

ESMA's July Q&A on temporary products bans on core retail investment products sharpens the supervisory scope further. This Client Alert assesses the requirements of the ban, the newest amendments and clarifications to the restrictions as well as what firms may want to do and what opportunities might be available.

Central Bank of Cyber?

Improving cyber-resilience standards has long been both a priority for supervisory but also financial stability policymakers. The ECB's newest framework on the subject not only marks a clear commitment by the ECB to the subject and increased scrutiny, but also a new step in how rules are made – in this case with a central banking/financial stability as opposed to a supervisory hat on. The following Client Alert assesses TIBER-EU's approach, the expectations it requires market participants to meet, how these compare to