Listed companies in Hong Kong should start planning and installing the technology and data provisions to meet more stringent disclosure rules, the city’s Stock Exchange has said. The HKSE is in the process of formulating reporting rules in line with the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) frameworks.
To date, the industry’s regulatory compliance focus for upcoming European MiFID II and Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) has been on issues including the structure of trading facilities, systematic internalisation, governance, best execution and time-stamping. MiFID II and MAR also contain provisions, however, increasing the requirements for recording and archiving voice communication related to securities trading....
Sustainability data and RegTech provider Diginex’s recent acquisition of The Remedy Project labour and human rights advisory illustrates how ESG is transforming from an investment strategy to a risk mitigation objective among financial companies. The London-based company, which last year purchased sustainability data and analytics provider Matter DK, anticipates that the The Remedy Project’s expertise...
Now in its 15th year the Data Management Summit NYC brings together the North American data management community to explore how data strategy is evolving to drive business outcomes and speed to market in changing times.
The current financial crisis has highlighted that financial institutions do not have a sufficient handle on their data and has prompted many of these institutions to re-evaluate their approaches to data management. Moreover, the increased regulatory scrutiny of the financial services community during the past year has meant that data management has become a key...