Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Introduces
Financial Services Authority Handbook
Online Tool Offers Comprehensive Coverage of the FSA’s Regulatory Rules and Developments
WALTHAM, Mass. – (Feb. 12, 2008) – Wolters Kluwer Financial Services today announced the availability of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) Handbook, which offers all of the United Kingdom’s FSA regulations and rules online via CCH® Wall Street’s Compliance Resource Network (CRN) and Wolters Kluwer Law & Business’ Internet Research NetWork (IRN).
The FSA regulates activities in the United Kingdom for the securities, banking and insurance industries. Searching for specific FSA rules and regulations can be a time-consuming task for compliance and legal professionals—especially if they rely on different Web sites to conduct their searches because each site organizes information differently and employs different search technology. Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, which covers more than 80 regulatory bodies in the securities industry, offers all of the FSA rules and regulations in a consistent format, allowing users to search by keyword or rule number, or browse through an electronic table of contents, to quickly access information. The FSA Handbook also provides related FSA documents, such as speeches and consultation papers, to give subscribers a more complete picture of how the regulator addresses a given topic or issue.
The FSA Handbook is an important addition to the CRN and IRN, which provide regulatory resources from the United States, Canada and Australia. By adding the FSA Handbook to these networks, compliance and legal experts can access a wealth of regulatory information from a single source.
“The introduction of the FSA Handbook complements Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ international expansion of its Securities Compliance Solutions,” said Mark Coronna, executive vice president of Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ Securities and Insurance group. “As businesses continue to expand across borders, there is an increasing need for tools that can help them stay compliant. The FSA Handbook offers U.S.-based companies access to the information they need to make well-informed decisions while doing business in the United Kingdom.”
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services also covers the FSA in its Securities Compliance Tracker, which offers news from 15 different regulators every morning via e-mail. Subscribers can customize the news they receive by agency, keywords or document type.
For more information on subscribing to the Financial Services Authority Handbook, visit www.cchwallstreet.com, call 866-220-0297 or e-mail cch-wallstreetinfo@wolterskluwer.com.
About Wolters Kluwer Financial Services
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services provides best-in-class compliance, content, and technology solutions and services that help financial organizations manage risk and improve efficiency and effectiveness across their enterprise. The organization’s prominent brands include Bankers Systems, VMP® Mortgage Solutions, PCi, GulfPak, Desert Document Services, AppOne®, GainsKeeper®, CCH® Capital Changes, NILS INSource®, AuthenticWeb™ and CCH Wall Street®.
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