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Financial Crime is on the Rise – Banks Need Visibility, Predictability, and Control
By Peter Cregg, Product Director, ActiveOps. The Office for National Statistics revealed that in 2021, that there was a 43% increase in fraud and computer misuse crimes compared to 2019, indicating that economic crime – a broad term that covers a range of financial crimes – is on the rise. The pandemic altered the financial...
The Growing Adoption of Time-as-a-Service in Electronic Financial Markets
In electronic financial markets, time plays a critical role. The speed at which market data is processed, orders are generated and routed, and trades are executed, is today measured in milliseconds, microseconds and – in some cases – nanoseconds. This has led to the need for more granular measurement of time, more precision in the...
Regulators and Anti-ESG Forces Put Data Providers Under Spotlight
ESG data providers have every right to feel under attack. On one side are the regulators, who have made it clear they plan to keep companies like MSCI, Sustainalytics and SIX under their gaze amid concern that assets and funds are being greenwashed. More recently, however, anguished cries of foul play have come from conservative...
TCS Tests Model to Fill Gaps in Supply Chain ESG Data
Business IT giant Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) is using digital technologies to assess corporates’ supply-chain sustainability performance. The service is designed to help financial institutions and organisations manage their ESG portfolios, calculate climate and social risks, and meet regulatory obligations. While the initiative is still at the early stages of development, TCS Sustainability Director for...
A-Team Webinar to Review Trends and Technologies in Post-Trade Digitalisation
In financial markets, digitalisation is a hot topic. But until now, much of the work around digital transformation has been focused on front-office workflow and the customer experience, rather than back-office functions. But the back office is arguably where a clear digitalisation strategy can yield some of the most significant benefits, particularly as the industry...
Alveo Takes Next Step in Cloud Data Management with Cloud Native Version of Prime
Alveo has made its Prime data mastering and quality management solution cloud native, placing it between cloud-native data platforms and consumers, and providing functionality to make cloud data meaningful and valuable to business use cases. “There is a lot of data in cloud marketplaces,” says Mark Hermeling, chief technology officer at Alveo. But three things...
Business Identity in the Digital Economy: A Global Problem Needs a Global Solution
By Stephan Wolf, CEO of the Global LEI Foundation. Businesses today face significant pressure to go digital. Government and private sector organisations around the world are racing to digitise processes, products, and services – even national currencies – to remove friction, save money, streamline operations, and improve user experiences. Despite the tremendous benefits it delivers,...
FCA Fines Citigroup Global Markets £12.5 Million for Market Abuse Failings
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued Citigroup Global Markets with a fine of more than £12 million for failing to properly implement the EU’s Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) trade surveillance requirements. The failure meant that Citigroup Global Markets could not effectively monitor its trading activities for certain types of insider dealing and market...
SEC No-Action Lapse Poses Threat to Investment Research Flows, Survey Finds
Last month’s SEC decision to allow its MiFID II research no-action letter to lapse could damage relationships between European/global asset managers and US brokers, potentially disrupting the investment research market, according to a report by Substantive Research, which operates a research analysis and delivery platform. The SEC’s no-action letter – now set to expire in...
The Post-Trade Challenge for Market Makers
Brian Collings, CEO at Torstone Technology. Market makers, critical to providing fast liquidity to both retail and institutional financial firms, are facing new challenges in a rapidly changing market. The global economy is becoming increasingly interconnected and borderless, particularly in the emerging digital asset space, and market makers are no different. As volatility and trading...