A-Team Insight Author: peter
From London to New York: How Regulators and Firms Are Re-Drawing the AI Compliance Map
As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes financial services, regulators and industry leaders are converging on a shared challenge: how to balance innovation with accountability. At A-Team Group’s recent RegTech Summit London, the conversation moved beyond theory into practice, with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and leading firms outlining how principle-based regulation, collaborative testing, and emerging “agentic...
Canada and Hong Kong Regulatory Reporting Updates Signal Continued Global Shift
Canada and Hong Kong’s latest regulatory reporting rule changes mark a broader international trend toward regulatory convergence, placing increasing pressure on financial institutions. Leo Labeis, CEO of REGnosys, explains how Digital Regulatory Reporting offers a path forward for reporting firms. Canada’s new trade reporting reforms, introduced by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), came into effect...
13 Leading AI-Based Data Management Capability Providers
Institutions are facing huge operational burdens as they ingest huge volumes of data, demand real-time analytics and face stringent regulatory scrutiny. Consequently, the new data landscape is rendering traditional data management systems inadequate for the growing number of use cases to which data is being deployed. This has necessitated a shift towards modern data management...
Data Quality Still Troubling Private Market Investors: Webinar Review
Obtaining and managing data remains a sticking point for investors in private and alternative assets as financial institutions sink more of their capital into the markets. In a poll of viewers during a recent A-Team LIVE Data Management Insight webinar, respondents said the single-biggest challenge to managing private markets data was a lack of transparency...
The Build and Buy Evolution
On this episode of FinTech Focus TV recorded at A-Team Group’s Buy AND Build Summit, Toby Babb of Harrington Starr sits down with Richard Bell, Head of Engineering at CoinShares, to explore how innovation, modular design, and the convergence of TradFi and DeFi are reshaping the digital asset landscape. From $10B under management to CoinShares’...
Market Data Users Flag ‘Important Gaps’ in EU Consolidated Tape Plans
As the European Union forges ahead with its ambitious plan for a consolidated tape (CT), key market data user groups have raised concerns, identifying “important gaps” in the current framework. In a joint letter to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Commission, EFAMA, EPTA, and Protiviti have outlined a series of...
Financial Institutions ‘Layering’ New Risks as Report Highlights Greenwashing Exposure
The number of financial institutions flagged for greenwashing climbed substantially in the past year, highlighting both the vulnerability of individual firms and the need to integrate greenwashing risk management into decision-making processes.. The sector remained the worst offender for overstating their progress or making vague or misleading claims, the report by sustainability risk data company...
AI Becomes Mainstream for Compliance – Nasdaq’s 2025 Survey
In the tenth edition of the Nasdaq Global Compliance Survey, conducted in May–July 2025, compliance and regulatory-risk professionals from 103 firms across the Americas, EMEA and APAC shared their priorities, challenges and planned investments. This year’s survey features a senior audience with 72 % having ten or more years’ experience in compliance covering director and...
FSB Guidance for Supervisors – Tracking Systemic AI Adoption Risk
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has released detailed guidance on how regulators and supervisors should monitor the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across the financial system. The report, Monitoring Adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Related Vulnerabilities in the Financial Sector, provides a practical framework for identifying where AI use may introduce or amplify systemic risks....
A-Team Group Announces Winners of the AI in Capital Markets Awards 2025
A-Team Group has announced the winners of the inaugural AI in Capital Markets Awards 2025, celebrating the most innovative and impactful applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning across the global financial markets. The new awards programme recognises technologies that have moved beyond proof-of-concept to deliver measurable value, supporting efficiency, resilience, and insight generation across...