#financial-regulation

#financial-regulation

Reeves who in July claimed regulators were a boot on the neck of business cheered her recent decisions to sack the chair of the competitions watchdog, shut down the payments regulator, and severely constrain the Financial Ombudsman Service, which UK banks have long lobbied to curtail. However, she said there was still more to do. I want to take out more regulators, there's still too many, Reeves told investment firms gathered in London at the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) summit

This summer's transfer window once more highlighted the widening financial gap between La Liga and the Premier League. English clubs splashed out more than 3bn, with Liverpool's 125m signing of Alexander Isak the headline move. Spanish sides, by comparison, spent only 592m, well behind not just England but also Italy (1bn) and Germany (739m). The numbers reflect how much financial clout La Liga has lost in recent years.

The U.K. plans to draft a regulatory framework for the crypto industry by early next year, applying specifically to stablecoins and staking services.

The IMF now classifies Bitcoin and similar digital assets as 'non-produced non-financial assets', acknowledging their value while recognizing their unique characteristics.

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order allowing regular investors to gamble money in the private markets, potentially leading to a financial crisis that harms the general public.

"Private equity kind of always gets what it wants in Congress, but I think it's a bad idea. It's illiquid, the fees are very high. Private equity funds, for the most part, don't beat the stock market."

"This scandal is obviously a matter of great public interest - hundreds of thousands of people have been directly impacted by it, many having lost life-changing amounts of money."

Judge Sean Jordan's ruling upheld the inclusion of medical debt on credit reports, thereby reversing a bipartisan effort to alleviate financial pressure from healthcare costs, affecting one-third of Americans.

If the ringfencing regime for banks were to be scrapped, we really would be entering a new era or going back to an old one, since the separation of banks' retail and investment banking activities was the single biggest regulatory change introduced after the 2008-09 crash to try to prevent another blow-up.

Crystal Intelligence has received a strategic investment from Tether to enhance its blockchain analytics capabilities, focusing on risk monitoring, fraud detection, and regulatory intelligence.

The UK is on pace for its busiest year of takeovers since 2021, with £74 billion in bids tabled for British companies in the first six months of 2025.

All 22 banks tested this year would have remained solvent and above the minimum thresholds to continue to operate, despite absorbing roughly $550 billion in theoretical losses.

Rathi emphasized the need for regulatory flexibility, suggesting that the mortgage charter, while initially necessary, may now hinder economic growth and business competitiveness.

Last week, the Senate voted through the GENIUS Act, facilitating the growth of digital currency and giving it legitimacy, marking a historic victory for the crypto lobby.

Thanks to a $300 million cash infusion from the Bally's Corporation, Australia's troubled Star Entertainment casino group has been saved.