Munich-based DataGuard, which provides GDPR-as-a-service, has successfully closed a $20 million Series A investment round led by One Peak Partners. The firm intends to use the funds raised to expand its business operations across Europe and North and South America, as well as to implement enhancements to its existing platform. Since its launch in 2017, the data privacy specialist has onboarded over 1,000 clients.
Fitness and proprietary requirements for employees of financial institutions are not an option, but a regulatory obligation that calls on employers to regularly assess employees’ honesty, integrity and reputation, competence and capability, and financial soundness. In the UK, these requirements are a core element of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR). They are also...
ESMA recently published a statement titled Good practices in relation to pre-close calls. The statement was prompted by media reports and verification by National Competent Authorities (NCAs) of a link between pre-close calls between issuers and analysts and subsequent volatility, in some cases raising suspicion about possible unlawful disclosure of inside information. It should be...
Now in its 8th year, the RegTech Summit in London will bring together the RegTech ecosystem to explore how the European capital markets financial industry can leverage technology to drive innovation, cut costs and support regulatory change.
Welcome to the twelfth edition of A-Team Group’s Regulatory Data Handbook, a unique and useful guide to capital markets regulation, regulatory change and the data and data management requirements of compliance. The handbook covers regulation in Europe, the UK, US and Asia-Pacific. This edition of the handbook includes a detailed review of acts, plans and...