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Toronto Exchanges Adopt IHS Markit for ESG Reporting and Data Distribution
IHS Markit is making its ESG Reporting Repository platform available free of charge to corporations listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and its TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) under a strategic alliance aimed at helping TSX-listed companies navigate emerging ESG reporting requirements. The IHS Markit ESG Reporting Repository is a multi-framework ESG reporting and data…
Lysis Partners with Opsmatix for Off-Grid CLM to Address AML
Lysis Group has teamed with AI automation specialist Opsmatix to launch an Off-Grid Workflow (OGW) solution in support of financial institutions’ client lifecycle management (CLM) implementations. The new solution – designed to mitigate the cost of financial crime and AML activities – aims to address the 30%-50% of client workflows that exist outside of firms’…
Advancing Regulatory Data Collections Systems
By Ken Lamar, Founder and Principal Partner, Lamar Associates LLC (With Robert Lee, Executive Director, North America Client Engagement, AxiomSL). Regulators are beginning a journey to design the next generation of data collection systems. A critical aspect of the design process is the need for new data capabilities to effectively conduct supervisory activities to ensure…
NatWest Keynote at Data Management Summit Virtual Details Data Strategy for ESG
Third-party data sources are the largest investment financial firms are making to deliver environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies, yet data quality remains the biggest concern when sourcing the data. This conundrum was among many ESG issues discussed during a practitioner innovation keynote delivered at A-Team Group’s recent Data Management Summit Virtual by Sarah Walker,…
Financial Crime Specialist Plenitude Consulting Ramps Up Executive Team
The appointment late last month of HSBC UK’s former head of financial crime compliance, Allan Clare, as senior advisor is the latest in a series of high-level appointments by financial crime risk and compliance specialist Plenitude Consulting. The hires come as the firm ramps up its RegSight obligations management platform, which helps firms identify rules…
FundApps Gets ‘Significant’ Growth Funding from Scottish Equity Investment
London-based FundApps has secured a ‘significant’ investment from Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) to fund future growth. The company will use the funds for development of its core Shareholding Disclosure, Sensitive Industries and Position Limits product suite, as well as expansion of its client base of 100 or so buy-side and sell-side firms. “Having bootstrapped our…
Relativity Teams Up with Proofpoint to Address Surveillance and Storage Regs
US surveillance technology specialist Relativity has forged a strategic deal to integrate Proofpoint Inc.’s Enterprise Archive solution with its own Relativity Trace AI-driven surveillance platform. Together, the two companies plan to help regulated entities address the archiving challenges posed by the SEC and Finra, as well as rules around market manipulation and insider trading, such…
One Year On: Banks Resume Prioritization of FRTB, but Same Challenges Persist
By: Essan Soobratty, Regulatory Product Manager, and Eugene Stern, Head of Market Risk Product, Bloomberg. One year on from the start of the global pandemic which sent global markets into turmoil and prompted regulators to introduce a range of emergency measures to support the financial system and the broader economy, banks are continuing their return…
Fenergo Transaction Gives 70% Ownership to Astorg and BridgePoint at $1.64 Billion Valuation
After months of speculation, Fenergo has secured new ownership and capital for future growth in a deal that values the Irish provider of KYC and client relationship management software at $1.64 billion. Under the transaction, French private equity group Astorg and BridgePoint, a London-based hedge fund, have acquired a majority stake in Fenergo, buying out…
Bank of England Progresses Data Standards Plan to Improve Data Collection at Lower Cost to Industry
The Bank of England is pressing ahead with plans to deliver data standards for data collection based on its vision that ‘the bank gets the data it needs to fulfil its mission, at the lowest possible cost to industry’. It acknowledges the challenges of setting standards, such as coordinating collective action, and says it will…