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ESG Data and Tech Summit Report: Pivotal Year that Reshaped ESG
The past year was a pivotal one for ESG, with bold new regulations and political challenges emerging for market participants. But the biggest change may have come from financial institutions themselves as they signalled that sustainability had become fully embedded within their operations. No longer is ESG seen as simply an onerous obligation, it’s now…
FRTB Implementation in APAC: Practical Solutions for Outstanding Compliance Challenges
Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) regulation is back, with proposals from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) for a new market risk-related capital requirement for banks due to be implemented across APAC over the next few years. Singapore and Japan have set implementation deadlines in 2024, while Australia has pushed out go-live…
LeapXpert Unveils Enterprise Monitoring for Apple iMessage
Regulatory surveillance specialist LeapXpert’s has added a so-called Governed Mode to its LeapXpert Communications Platform, creating an enterprise solution for capturing and facilitating enterprise communications on Apple’s iMessage messaging service. The LeapXpert platform is now able to capture conversations carried out between clients using iMessage with enterprise employees communicating through Leap Work and Leap Work…
A-Team Group Names Winners of RegTech Insight Awards – Europe 2023
Congratulations to the winners of A-Team Group’s RegTech Insight Awards – Europe 2023. The awards were presented by guest speaker Ollie Ollerton, former UK Special Forces Soldier and directing staff (DS) from Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins, following a lively lunch held at Glaziers Hall in London on 18 May 2023 and hosted by…
ESG Insight Webinar Report: A Bumpy Regulatory Road Ahead but Riches Will Follow
ESG has placed companies within a “chaotic” new world of regulatory responsibility but getting sustainability right through data and technology will reward them and their investors with healthier bottom lines and larger returns. That was the message that rang loud and clear from A-Team Group ESG Insight’s first expert-led ESG webinar of the year, held this…
ESG Data and Tech Summit Report: The Art of Getting Data Right
ESG has become an integral, complex part of financial institutions’ workflows, making it crucial that they get their data and technology provisions right. But in this fast-changing part of the data ecosystem, what constitutes “right” isn’t easy to define. At A-Team Group’s second ESG Data and Tech Summit London last week, leading practitioners from the…
Regulatory Environment for Investment Research Facing Uncertainty, Substantive Study Says
Investment research provision in the US, Europe and the UK is facing more uncertainty as the market awaits significant changes to the regulatory landscape, according to a study of the current state of broker research pricing, supply and market share by Substantive Research. According to Substantive, MiFID II’s implementation in 2018 increased the focus on…
ING Deploys Quantexa for KYC, AML Investigations
Dutch bank ING Group is rolling out Quantexa’s analytics platform to strengthen risk detection and investigative capabilities in support of its global KYC and AML programmes. ING’s investigative teams will use Quantexa’s AI and advanced graph analytics capabilities to develop more effective and efficient KYC and AML measures, by connecting customers and counterparties in order…
A-Team Group Names Winners of ESG Insight Awards 2023
A-Team Group announced the winners of its ESG Insight Awards 2023 after the close of today’s lively and informative ESG Data and Tech Summit in London. The awards recognise both established solution vendors and innovative newcomers providing leading ESG solutions, services and consultancy to capital markets participants. This year’s ESG Insight Awards included over 20…
Lenders Divided on Addressing ESG Integration: Survey
Banks worldwide are split on how they manage ESG and climate risks, according to a new report by consultancy Bain and Company. The study of 55 International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers (IACPM) members with total assets of more than US$40 trillion found that 65 per cent them hadn’t created a primary role that is…