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To Buy or Build: Four Considerations for CIOs
By: Niall Twomey, CTO, Fenergo. Before embarking on a CLM (Client Lifecycle Management) digital transformation program, most financial institutions (FI) are faced with the ‘buy versus build’ conundrum; to buy something from a third-party vendor or completely build something internally. There are several factors that need to be considered in this decision making process including…
Are You Ready for Brexit?
Things might be up in the air at the moment around Brexit negotiations, but the UK financial regulators have made it very clear that firms must be ready for the final deadline on December 31, 2020 or risk facing the consequences. Firms that don’t prepare in advance for the changing regulatory environment could face tough…
CubeLogic Launches New Risk-as-a-Service Solution
Enterprise risk management specialist CubeLogic this week launched a brand new risk analytics solution in partnership with capital markets technology firm Numerix and London-based IOWArocks (formerly MDX Technology), a global marketplace for data, technology and services. The Risk-as-a-Service (Raas) platform provides advanced risk analytics as a fully managed solution, targeting both capital markets firms and…
Five Misconceptions About KYC Compliance in 2020
By Ian Henderson, CEO, Kyckr. Know Your Customer compliance suffers from a problem of unintentional secrecy. Everyone knows that organizations are responsible for meeting their KYC and AML obligations and keeping up with KYC best practices, but that’s becoming harder and harder to do. KYC is not simply a matter of going down a list and…
ESG: The Next Frontier for Financial Services
ESG is everyone’s favourite topic right now, but the mass of different regulations, standards and reporting requirements can be confusing. Last week at the RegTech Summit Virtual 2020, we were delighted to speak with Beate Born, Head of Strategic Projects, Investment and Trading Platforms at UBS Wealth Management, to discuss how firms could best address…
MarketAxess Acquires Regulatory Reporting Hub From Deutsche Börse
Electronic trading giant MarketAxess, which also provides market data and post-trade services for the global fixed income markets, today completed the long-awaited acquisition of Regulatory Reporting Hub, the regulatory reporting business of Deutsche Börse Group. MarketAxess acquired the business through Trax, its wholly owned subsidiary in the Netherlands, on November 30, 2020. The deal was…
FINOS Launches Open RegTech Initiative, Highlights Open Source Advantages for RegTech Innovation
The Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS), has launched a new ‘Open RegTech’ initiative, which aims to expand the successful open collaboration model built between financial institutions, fintech and technology firms to regulators and RegTech companies. Announced at the organization’s annual Open Source Strategy Forum (OSSF) held virtually in conjunction with the Linux Foundation earlier this…
A-Team Group Introduces 2021 Innovation Awards
Here at A-Team Group we have been working hard on plans to celebrate innovative projects and teams with the launch of our A-Team Innovation Awards. The awards are designed to reward teams that have found innovative ways to make use of new and emerging technologies to solve challenges at financial institutions in capital markets. The…
RTSV Regulator Panel: Global Perspectives – The Outlook for Regulatory Compliance and RegTech in a Post-COVID World
Last week saw the launch of A-Team Group’s immensely successful RegTech Summit Virtual 2020, with five days of intense and exclusive live content across a myriad of platforms, panels, live chats, interviews and presentations. The event kicked off with a detailed debate on the post-pandemic outlook for regulatory compliance, hosted by Jo Ann Barefoot (CEO…
AxiomSL Expands Global Shareholding Disclosures Solution
Regulatory reporting specialist AxiomSL has significantly expanded its Global Shareholding Disclosures Solution with the launch this week of its Sensitive Industries module covering over 600 rules across more than 80 countries. Developed in consultation with clients and partners, the new module attempts to address two key challenges that investment management organizations face in monitoring sensitive…