March 26, 2013 - Banks' ability to exploit a regulatory loophole in the Basel III capital adequacy regime by purchasing credits default swaps (CDS) and other instruments to lower the amount of risk on their books, and thereby reduce their capital requirements, will be curbed under new proposals released by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

March 20, 2013 - Major banks are taking strides towards meeting the requirements of the incoming Basel III regulations, it has emerged.

March 19, 2013 - The US government has moved to clarify its regulatory stance on virtual currencies such as bitcoin, confirming that while users are not classified as money services businesses (MSBs) subject to its rules, exchanges and administrators are.

March 18, 2013 - In research published today entitled, "Smart Beta 2.0," EDHEC-Risk Institute is seeking to draw the attention of investors to the risks of traditional smart beta equity indices and propose a new approach to smart beta investing to take account of these risks.

March 18, 2013 - CGI Group Inc. (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB), a leading provider of information technology and business process services, has been selected by ZLM Verzekeringen (ZLM Insurances), a multi award-winning Dutch insurance company, to support the firm's Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) compliance programme.

March 15, 2013 - The Securities and Exchange Commission today published a guidance update from its staff to clarify the obligations of mutual funds and other investment companies to seek review of materials posted on their social media sites.

March 13, 2013 - Big data can save big money. A recent McKinsey report found that value gained from data in the US health care sector alone could be more than US $300 billion every year. But traditional tools aren't enough to manage these extremely large amounts of fast-changing information.