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Monetary Authority of Singapore Plans Shared Data Platform to Combat Money Laundering
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) plans to introduce a digital platform and enabling regulatory framework that will allow financial institutions to share data on customers and transactions with the aim of preventing money laundering, terrorism financing, and proliferation financing – a means of raising, moving or making available financing, funds, assets or other economic…
‘Light Bulb’ Moment Looms for Data Reporting, Says Solidatus
The financial data industry is experiencing an ESG “lightbulb moment” as regulators and financial institutions get to grips with challenges facing corporate disclosure and data quality, according to Solidatus. The recent introduction of the EU’s SFDR and, probably more importantly, the Bank of England’s stress tests of lenders’ climate risks are likely to prove a…
MAS Brings in Final Phase of OTC Derivatives Reporting Rules
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has implemented the final stage of its reporting regulations for OTC derivatives under the Securities & Futures Act (SFA). This phase was delayed by a year due to the impact of Covid-19, with the final extension of new reporting obligations coming into force on October 1. The phased in…
MCO Acquires Governor Software, Adds Founder Pike to Payroll
MyComplianceOffice (MCO) has acquired Governor Software, adding the company’s visual mapping of global regulations to its lineup of regulatory data collection and work flow capabilities. Terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed, but it’s understood that Governor was for sale for some time after a planned funding round never materialised due to the global Covid pandemic….
How Blockchain Can Help Reduce the Threat of Trade-Based Money Laundering
By Henry Roxas, Head of Trade Finance, R3. The amount of money laundered globally in a single year has been estimated at as much as $2 trillion. Despite billions of dollars of investment in preventative measures, financial institutions are only managing to intercept less than 0.1% of illicit funds. Evidently, money laundering is a booming…
Greenwashing Being Aided by Inconsistent Data, Say Experts
The growth of ESG data sources will be a powerful weapon in the battle against greenwashing, but a lack of consistency within datasets and the difficulty many companies face in providing enough intel is increasing opportunities for them to exaggerate their achievements, according to leading industry figures. Long-standing challenges such as standardisation of unstructured data…
AutoRek Urges Industry to Prepare for Jan 1 IFPR Start
Automated reconciliations provider AutoRek has warned firms to start preparing their systems for the complex calculations and processes they will need to undertake to be compliant with the UK’s incoming Investment Firms Prudential Regime (IFPR), which go live on January 1 – now less than 100 days away. IFPR is being introduced by the Financial…
UK FCA Targets up to £4 billion of Reporting Costs via Transforming Data Collection Initiative
The Financial Conduct Authority’s involvement in the Bank of England’s Transforming Data Collection Initiative is aimed at reducing industry reporting costs of as much as £4 billion, according to FCA CEO Nikhil Rathi. The initiative – launched in February – aims to deliver improvements in data collection over the next decade. Speaking last week at…
Data an Obstacle to Banks’ ESG Reporting, Says Acin
Banks and asset managers are failing to deal with climate risks adequately, according to a survey whose authors said a lack of “true, fair, accurate, honest and comprehensive” data was partly responsible. Risk and control data standards provider Acin said only 19 per cent of 63 global organisations surveyed on their preparedness to meet climate-related…
Video: Panel Discusses Leveraging Data Science and AI, NLP and Machine Learning for Insight
Watch this playback video from ESG Briefing Virtual, with expert speakers: Moderator: Mark Davies, Partner, Element 22 Priyank Patwa, Director of M&G Labs, M&G Vincent Orti, Head of Data Solutions, Liontrust Asset Management Graham Taylor, ESG Data Science Lead, Data Insights Unit, Schroders Tanya Seajay, CEO & Founder, Orenda, a SIX company Do you enjoy…