John Barclay By John Barclay Posted on 24/03/2015
BCBS239: the behemoth lumbers on

With less than 12 months to go before the official January 2016 deadline, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s latest report reveals that banks are struggling to comply with the ...

John Barclay By John Barclay Posted on 02/10/2014
BCBS239: Great challenge, great opportunity

In the following article published on Finextra, John Barclay – a specialist in Market and Credit Risk – takes a look at BCBS239 compliance. The reforms, which are highly unprecedented, ...

John Barclay By John Barclay Posted on 13/06/2014
BCBS239: A colossal opportunity?

Since the financial crisis of 2008, it would appear that a paradigm shift has taken place whereby regulation breeds regulation! Just when you thought you had grasped EMIR and the ...

Charlotte Morgan By Charlotte Morgan Posted on 06/02/2018
Brexit – Over-cooked, over-done and perhaps not the main course…

Over the past few months; GFT has – like many others – been trying to make sense of the actual state of affairs that will occur due to Brexit. We ...

Paul Burleton By Paul Burleton Posted on 03/05/2017
Where next for FX?

Regulation is tightening within the banking industry and with the advance of technology, it is becoming more and more challenging for firms to retain acceptable profit margins within their foreign ...