The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
The EU MiFID II and onshored UK MiFID regimes both have share trading obligations (STOs) which mandate investment firms to trade certain shares on regulated markets, multilateral trading facilities, systematic internalisers or third-country trading venues assessed as equivalent by the EU and UK ...
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The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined UBS AG £27.6m for failings relating to 135.8 million transaction reports between November 2007 and May 2017.
The regulator said UBS failed to ensure it provided 'complete and accurate information' regarding approximately 86.7 million reportable transactions.
The ...
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has published its tenth report on the regulation of corporate finance issues. The latest report covers the period from July to December 2018 and provides an update on specific focus areas for the next six months.
Report 612 ASIC regulation of corporate finance ...
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By Lee Rossini
The term ‘business strategy’ is well-used in a business context, however, it is often misunderstood and not applied in an effective manner. Simply put, a business strategy refers to the game plan that the owners and managers of a business uses to position themselves in the market, to conduct business operations, to attract and satisfy clients, to compete successfully in its chosen marketplace and to achieve its stated business objectives (Thomson and Strikland, 2003). In a nutshell, a business strategy focuses on the way in which a business gets from where it is to where it wants to be; the process involves identifying the right choices that must be made to overcome the challenges and difficulties along the way.
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