Europe

Jamie Smith, chairman of the UK Structured Products Association, reflects on its achievements and describes its future roles.

The UK regulator has vowed to fight on for a full commission ban, but Europe is drafting rules based on the preferences of most member states..

Guernsey is on the brink of introducing its Foundation Law. Hannah Beecham reports on what a Foundation is and why Guernsey believes its new legislation will earn this latest product a place in the premier division

Eurozone leaders' struggle to stabalise the economic area by demanding tighter fiscal reforms is driving the governments of weak member states ot the brink. This and other news in our round-up of this morning's nationals.

The Association of IFAs (AIFA) is seeking to build cross-country support with other European Union member states which have a growing IFA population.

Syed Kamall, member of the European Parliament for London, said he is "not impressed" with the European Commission's assessment of the impact of EU regulation on the UK, and has called for an independent review of proposals to only ban IFAs from receiving...

The European ETP market has shown resilience in the face of volatility, growing 10% this year to the end of September.

The draft Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) published today limits the ban on receiving commission payments from product providers to independent financial advisers.

Why one emerging market behemoth trumps the other

US ETPs gained $50bn of assets last week as equity markets staged a strong recovery, reports Deutsche Bank.