RegTech Insight Brief
Singapore Affirms RegTech Commitment
At the launch of the Singapore Fintech Festival (November 12-14), Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore Ravi Menon confirmed the country’s commitment to supporting regtech development. Menon identified six core pillars to develop the fintech ecosystem, many of which had a regtech focus – including identity/KYC, data governance and platforms for innovation. The Festival focuses on nine key themes, one of which is ‘TechRisk and RegTech’. It includes a Global Investor Summit showcasing next-generation ASEAN startups as well as an Artificial Intelligence Summit and an Innovation Lab Crawl.
Motive Partners Announces LPA Acquisition
Specialist fintech investor Motive Partners has announced the acquisition of a controlling interest in Lucht Probst Associates (LPA), a German software provider founded in 1999 which focuses on regulatory compliance for capital markets and wealth management, as well as providing strategic advice and implementation services. Motive will support LPA in accelerating the company’s growth, including product development, international expansion, and strategic hiring.
TORA Teams with NEX for MiFID II Trade/Transaction Reporting
TORA has partnered with NEX Regulatory Reporting to add MiFID II trade and transaction reporting capability to its cloud-based order and execution management system (OEMS). NEX operates an Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) and Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) under MiFID II. The initiative, which provides buy-side firms with a straight-through-processing solution that reduces the operational demands of the regulation, follows last December’s launch of an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven pre-trade transaction cost analysis (TCA) solution to help firms meet their MiFID II best execution requirements.