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DTCC and Accenture Deliver Governance Operating Model for Distributed Ledger Technology
DTCC and Accenture have introduced a distributed ledger technology (DLT) governance operating model to manage the risks and consequences of the technology, ensure the safety and soundness of the network for the benefit of all participants, and better enable DLT to reach its full potential. The model is also a critical component of DTCC’s Trade…
Fund Managers Fall Short on Reviewing Broker Performance
Fund managers are falling short on calculating the implicit costs of trading, and on a broader scale are unaware as to exactly how much money is being spent with brokers due to a failure to fully review all their relationships qualitatively and quantitatively. According to research from OpenGamma, a provider of derivatives analytics, despite the…
20/20 in 2020 – How to Gain Value from your Unstructured Data
Is your organisation looking to get better visibility of its unstructured data and gain value from the data? If the answer is yes, look no further and find out how to do this by joining a keynote that will be presented by Tony Brownlee, president of Kingland, at A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit in New…
Creating an Algo Gym
By Justin Lyon, Founder and CEO of Simudyne. Sell-side firms are finding themselves extremely challenged in algo pre-production. According to our recent survey of 15 sell-side executives involved in algo trading, modeling is the most common, significant and recurring issue in algo pre-production – with many concerned that this is holding them back competitively. The…
How Data Services Sourcing Options are Changing for Financial Institutions
By Mark Hepsworth, CEO at Asset Control. Financial institutions are facing a perfect storm of pressure on revenues and increasing costs driven by regulatory mandates and the need for overdue investment in infrastructure. At the same time, they are funding projects to improve their competitive differentiation and support revenue growth. Against this backdrop, many firms…
Volante Adds Senior Executives to Support Growth
Volante Technologies, a provider of technology and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) to accelerate digital transformation and payments modernisation has made two senior strategic hires to drive continued growth of the company. Executive in residence and non-executive board director Harp Grewal has been appointed chief operating officer (COO) with responsibility for managing and delivering company growth. Deepak Gupta,…
KYC Compliance Could Cost Banks €150 Million
A typical European bank, serving 10 million customers, could save up to €10 million annually and avoid growing fines by the regulator by implementing technology to improve its KYC processes, according to new research from digital identity specialist Mitek Systems. By following new EU Anti-Money Laundering (AML4/5) and Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) rules extending the scope…
Shield FC Opens London Office, Plans New SME Product
Specialist RegTech start-up Shield, which provides a cross-regulation platform for electronic communications compliance, has branched out from its Israeli base to open a new office in London, led by business development manager Shira Rottner. “As a key financial hub, London is one of the most important markets for Shield, and now is the right time…
Applicants Sought for New York RegTech Trade Mission
A-Team Group is delighted to partner with the UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) to call for applications from UK RegTech businesses (specifically companies with a focus on regulatory monitoring, reporting and compliance) to participate in its upcoming 2019 UK RegTech Trade Mission to New York. Taking place November 13-15 in New York City, the…
Nice Actimize Expands X-Sight Marketplace to Leverage Booming AML Market
A recent report from Grand View Research predicts that the market for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) technology could top $1.99 billion by 2025 from just $857.2 million in 2018, growing at a CAGR of 13.6%. With AML software currently making up almost two thirds (62%) of the market, the potential is huge. And Nice Actimize, already…