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Best Practice Approaches to Trade Surveillance for Market Abuse
Market abuse is a problem, a very big problem for financial institutions that fall on the wrong side of regulation. Penalties include eye-watering fines, reputational damage and, ultimately, custodial sentences of up to 10 years. Internally, market abuse triggers scrutiny of traders and trading behaviours, a lack of trust and the potential need for significant…
Apiax Releases AI Policy Assistant
Apiax, a Zurich-based provider of embedded compliance products, has released a solution designed to improve operational efficiency and accuracy of policy searches. The solution is a synthesis of Apiax’s compliance expertise, rule-based technology, and Generative AI, and allows financial institutions to access and verify company policy details with ease. The company’s so-called AI Policy Assistant…
Nasdaq CSD Renews LEI Service Platform
Nasdaq CSD, a central securities depository providing access to the Estonian, Icelandic, Latvian and Lithuanian markets, and an accredited Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) issuer in the Baltic states and Nordics, has released an enhanced LEI service platform, Nasdaq LEI, that provides more straightforward and effective LEI code issuance and management to help firms meet regulatory…
Banks Must Strengthen Data Management to Meet ESG Regulations
Europe’s banks must get their data management structures in place if they are to meet anticipated rules for identifying and mitigating ESG risks. ESG cannot be a mere afterthought in lenders’ risk management protocols if they are to meet anticipated new regulations, and that can be best achieved through careful data management, said Volker Lainer,…
A Dive into the Detail of the Financial Data Transparency Act’s Data Standards Requirements
As the June 2024 deadline looms for US regulators within the scope of the Financial Data Transparency Act (FTDA) to provide joint rules on data standards and reporting formats, the question of what these standards and formats will be remains open. Front runners are the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) and eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL),…
S&P Global Market Intelligence Adds Quantifind Sanctions Screening Data to Entity Insights
S&P Global Market Intelligence has enhanced its entity due diligence platform, Entity Insights, with the inclusion of sanctions and adverse media screening data. The additional data is provided by Quantifind and enables users to screen more than 30 million entity records from more than 30,000 global sources to meet due diligence requirements and manage reputational…
How 2024 will be a Monumental Year with Evolving Regulatory Requirements
By Leo Labeis, CEO at REGnosys. This year will be uniquely busy with numerous changes to global reporting regimes. This article explores the changes firms need to be aware of and how RegTech solutions can help them stay ahead of the curve. RegTech is one of the fastest advancing areas of fintech with the global…
Corlytics Reports Eye-Watering Fines for 2023 Regulatory Breaches
Corlytics, a provider of regulatory risk intelligence, has released an enforcement data report for 2023 revealing financial crime, data protection, and governance as the main risk categories for financial services with the highest penalties. Some $6.7 billion of fines were imposed for financial crime, most of which were for money laundering and terrorist financing. Looking…
Now is the Time to Prepare for January 2025 DORA Compliance Deadline
Rich Cooper, Global Head of Financial Service Go-To-Market at Fusion Risk Management. The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), which is designed to consolidate and upgrade Information and Communications Technology (ICT) risk requirements and sets out a common set of standards for mitigating risks, takes effect across the EU in January 2025. The legislation covers a…
Compliance Automation Provider Ascent Technologies Acquired by Edgewater Equity Partners
Ascent Technologies, a Chicago-based provider of AI-driven compliance automation, has been acquired by Edgewater Equity Partners, a private equity firm in Boston. The acquisition aims to accelerate development of Ascent’s compliance automation platform and enhance its value proposition to customers. The acquisition is a strategic move for Edgewater Equity Partners, which acknowledges Ascent’s capability in…