Clients of global financial services provider Apex Group now have access to a new European Union Taxonomy product, which enables investors to assess their portfolios’ alignment with the sustainability classification guideline. The four-step process will give financial clients the opportunity to identify which of their investments are sustainable, manage data collection on the taxonomy’s strict “do no significant harm” tests, gauge alignment and report performance.
Asset managers, hedge funds, insurance firms, and other buy-side firms globally are becoming more active in their approach to market surveillance, as regulatory pressure to up their game mounts. Buy-side firms are now building out their surveillance infrastructure as they seek to respond to the requirements posed by Dodd-Frank, MiFID II and the Market Abuse...
Business conduct data is becoming more important to financial institutions as the risk of exposure to damaging incidents increases. A new survey of more than 500 C-suite risk leaders by RepRisk – a provider of data on business conduct risks faced by financial and other industries – found that four-fifths expect business conduct risk data...
Now in its 8th year, the Eagle Alpha Alternative Data Conference managed by A-Team Group, is the premier content forum and networking event for investment firms and hedge funds.
The US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act – aka FATCA – raised eyebrows when its final regulations requiring foreign financial institutions (FFIs) to report US accounts to US tax authorities were published last year. But with the exception of a few modifications, the legislation remains in place and starts to comes into force in earnest...
