STOXX, the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group, has registered with ESMA as a benchmark administrator under the European Union’s Benchmark Regulation (BMR). The regulation was introduced by the EU following the high profile LIBOR manipulation scandals of 2012, and came into force in January 2018. Benchmark rate users have until January 1, 2020 to use non-authorised EU benchmarks or until December 31, 2021 to use third-party (non-EU) benchmarks.
The EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) came into force a year ago, and is reshaping how asset managers, asset owners and fund service providers think about operational risk. While DORA’s focus is squarely on ICT resilience and third-party dependencies, its implications extend deep into core operational processes that are critical to market integrity, investor...
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has called on regulators to balance long-term quantum computing risks against more immediate operational challenges in the financial sector. The association’s press release highlights a substantial gap between regulatory expectations for early preparation and the industry’s current prioritisation of nearer-term threats such as generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and cyber...
Buy AND Build: The Future of Capital Markets Technology London examines the latest changes and innovations in trading technology and explores how technology is being deployed to create an edge in sell side and buy side capital markets financial institutions.
It’s hard to believe that as early as the 2009 Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh the industry had recognised the need for greater transparency as part of a wider package of reforms aimed at mitigating the systemic risk posed by the OTC derivatives market. That realisation ultimately led to the Dodd Frank Act, and...
