A new Infrastructure Office will be set up in Singapore, giving local and international firms a dedicated place to obtain advice and expertise about regional investment opportunities.

This initiative is part of the Kelly Action Plan, a Government initiative aimed at improving competition in procurement and, in particular, increasing competition and long term planning in markets where the Government possesses significant purchasing power.

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Banks should not be required to notify regulators before they engage in material cloud outsourcing arrangements, international law firm Pinsent Masons has said.

French market regulator Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has proposed three changes to European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) decision making.

Three major European commodities and futures trading venues will be given additional time to comply with a new regulatory framework, regulators have announced.

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The Financial Conduct Authority will carry out an investment platforms market study in the coming year, it has announced.

The UK will not accept protectionist agendas from the EU on financial services regulation, chancellor Philip Hammond has said.

The UK House of Lords EU financial affairs sub-committee has begun a new inquiry into the future of financial regulation and supervision following Brexit.

Regulators in Australia and Abu Dhabi are to share information on national fintech trends and help fintech businesses develop in the two countries.

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Standard Chartered plans to turn an existing office in Frankfurt into a full EU subsidiary to give it access to the EU market after Brexit.

There will be no further delay to the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) legislation that is due to come into force in January 2018, according to the chair of an EU financial...

The European Commission's financial stability team Fisma has contacted some European banks over the price they charge asset managers for research, Financial News has reported.

A new working group which will look into the potential impact of banking regulation on insured banks, and potentially their insurers, has been set up by the Lloyd's Market Association (LMA).

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will face a rent bill of €347 million even if it leaves London for a European base.

Financial regulators in Australia and Switzerland have agreed a deal designed to support innovation in the use of financial technology (fintech).