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SmartSearch Releases High-Risk Country Report Service in Response to Sanctions Against Russia
SmartSearch, an anti-money laundering (AML) specialist, has released a high-risk country report service in response to the introduction of sanctions against Russia. The service enables regulated businesses to scan existing clients and check for residency or citizenship in Russia, Belarus, or any other high-risk countries. The reporting tool instantly checks all clients that the regulated business has…
ElysianNxt Wins A-Team Group Award for Most Innovative ESG Regulatory Reporting Solution
ElysianNxt, a provider of real-time solutions for finance and risk, has developed an ESG reporting platform designed to provide a 360-degree view of the impact of ESG on risk metrics, built using the latest technologies and techniques, and able to accelerate regulatory reporting to real time. The platform won the award for Most Innovative ESG…
Bloomberg Wins A-Team Group Award for Most Innovative ESG Data Solution
Bloomberg has won the award for Most Innovative ESG Data Solution in A-Team Group’s Innovation Awards 2022. The awards celebrate innovative projects and teams across vendor and practitioner communities that make use of new and emerging technologies to deliver high-value solutions for financial institutions in capital markets. Bloomberg’s ESG data solution was selected as a…
SIX Moves into Aggregation Space with Sustainalytics Partnership
Swiss financial data expert SIX has made a significant step into the data aggregation space with the signing of a deal that will see it include Sustainalytics content in the company’s ESG offering. Company data from Sustainalytics, a Morningstar company, will be incorporated into SIX’s regulatory reporting service, particularly the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and Taxonomy….
A-Team Group Names Winners of Innovation Awards 2022
A-Team Group has named the winners of its prestigious Innovation Awards 2022. The awards, now in their second year, celebrate innovative projects and teams across vendor and practitioner communities that make use of new and emerging technologies to deliver high-value solutions for financial institutions in capital markets. This year’s platinum award winners include Bloomberg, oneZero,…
Top 6 Use Cases for AI in RegTech
As artificial intelligence’s influence on regtech continues to grow, so does the importance of minimising algorithm bias and maximising data quality. The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning in RegTech is playing an increasingly important role and helping to reshape risk and regulatory compliance. It can offer many benefits and we outline the…
Get Ready for A-Team Group’s Announcement of This Year’s Innovation Award Winners
Excitement is mounting in anticipation of next week’s announcement of the winners of A-Team Group’s Innovation Awards 2022. The awards, now in their second year, celebrate innovative projects and teams across vendor and practitioner communities that make use of new and emerging technologies to deliver high-value solutions for financial institutions in capital markets. This year’s…
Encompass Plans Global Growth Acceleration Following £25 Million Funding Round
Encompass, a provider of automated Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, has completed a capital raise of £25 million. The funds will be used to accelerate global growth, particularly in the US where the company opened its first office in New York in October 2021, and in Europe where an office was recently opened in Amsterdam….
SmartStream Combines Air, RDU to Offer Comprehensive Transaction Reporting for MiFID II
SmartStream Technologies has combined its SmartStream RDU reference data utility with its SmartStream Air (Artificial Intelligence Reconciliations) solution to create a new offering that provides regulated entities with comprehensive reporting capabilities for MiFID II. The new solution – Transaction Reporting Reconciliation and Reporting Decision Control – aims to address regulators’ growing requirement for completeness and accuracy…
11 Best Climate Risk Providers in 2022
We’re seeing a rapid transition in how the financial markets industry is approaching climate risk. This shift has been advanced by customer preferences, public awareness and, as most pressingly, increased regulatory demand. As new energy sources and technologies emerge, investors must innovate and advocate for a comprehensive climate risk framework. Climate Risk Management models continue…