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EBA Publishes FRTB Roadmap, Launches Consultation
Prior to the implementation of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB), now scheduled for January 2022, the European Banking Authority (EBA) on June 27 issued a new roadmap for market and counterparty credit risk approaches, providing a comprehensive overview of deliverables in the area of market and counterparty credit risk and outlines the…
FCA Urges Greater Cyber Resilience
The number of cyber incidents financial services firms reported to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) soared in 2018, and the watchdog is now calling on regulated firms to develop greater cyber resilience to prevent attacks and operational resilience to recover from them. According to data recently acquired by accountancy firm RSM under the Freedom of…
Key Factors for Successful Implementation of Automation in KYC
By Nick Ford, Head of Alliances at encompass, and Matt Neill, Managing Director at Optechs. Since the financial crisis more than a decade ago, there has been a huge focus on Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) from global regulators, resulting in a stream of regulation as well as more than $23 billion…
Artesian Solutions Launches New Risk and Compliance Hub
Artesian Solutions, a UK-based client intelligence tool for financial services companies, has announced the general availability (GA) of its new Artesian Risk and Compliance Hub (ARCH), following two years of development. ARCH is designed to enable relationship managers, underwriters and frontline teams within banks, insurance companies, and other financially regulated industries to assess and understand…
UnaVista Takes on 25 New SFTR Partners
UnaVista, part of the London Stock Exchange Group, in June welcomed 25 new software vendors to its SFTR partner programme: including Calypso Technology, Equilend, IHS Markit, Trax, the post-trade services arm of MarketAxess, Broadridge and Murex S.A.S. The new partners will connect directly into UnaVista’s SFTR platform, allowing their clients to report all their required…
Capital Markets AML Gaps Need Plugging with RegTech, Says FCA
There are significant gaps in anti-money laundering (AML) defences within capital markets, according to a recent UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) thematic review, ‘Understanding the Money Laundering Risks in the Capital Markets’. Many of the issues raised by the regulator either relate to the way financial crime technology is deployed within capital markets, or how…
Five Fundamental Forces are Reshaping RegTech Says MetricStream’s Mazzone
Although there is considerable hype around technology buzzwords such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), the reality is that today, the world of RegTech is being shaped by other, more fundamental forces, says Anna Mazzone. Mazzone is general manager and managing director for UK and Ireland at MetricStream, as well as a non-executive…
Regulators Double Down on BCBS 239 Data Quality Focus
The European Central Bank (ECB) and other financial services regulators will increase their focus on improving the quality of data they receive from financial institutions over the next 24 months. Speakers at the Vermeg Annual Regulatory Reporting Conference, held in London in late June, said regulators are analysing the quality of the Basel III data…
Technology Overtakes Regulation as Key Driver of Change in Compliance
Compliance and the role of the compliance officer has changed significantly over the past decade as a result of escalating regulation, technology development, an increasing focus on culture and conduct risk, and the ever closer relationship between compliance and the business. Automation has also come to the fore as compliance departments working with rising volumes…
Derivatives Service Bureau Plans for Changes to Interest Rate Derivatives Reporting Under MiFIR
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) will open a user acceptance testing environment on July 7, 2019 to help financial institutions within the scope of MiFID II and MiFIR meet ESMA guidance on changes to interest rate derivatives reporting set out in RTS 23 field 41. ESMA updated its Q&A on MiFIR Data Reporting in September…