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Recorded Webinar: Pre- & post-trade transparency: quote & trade reporting under MiFID II

MiFID II sets transparency requirements for pre- and post-trade disclosure of order details, along with transaction reporting that identifies reference and post-trade data. The directive’s related MiFIR regulation extends pre-transparency rules to apply to depository receipts, exchange-traded funds, certificates trading on a venue, bonds and structured products trading on a regulated market, and emission allowances…

A-Team Infographic Illustrates the Pain Points of MiFID II

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) is a game changer for European capital markets and a headache for trading operations and data management functions developing compliance solutions for its exacting requirements. At A-Team Group, we’ve been tracking industry progress on the regulation and with less than three months to go before the compliance…

Recorded Webinar: Managing Entity Data for MiFID II Compliance: No LEI, No Trade

MiFID II’s “No LEI, No Trade” requirement mandates all entities trading with European counterparties across all asset classes need to obtain legal entity identifiers (LEIs). This represents a major shift in the way LEIs are used for regulatory reporting and firms that are affected by MiFID II should obtain the relevant LEIs sooner rather than…

GDPR will Curb the Digital Wild West, but the Cost will be High

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will curb the digital wild west and improve protection of personal data, but the cost of implementation will be high and now is the time to get started to meet the compliance deadline of May 25, 2018. Taking part in an A-Team Group webinar on the regulation, subject matter experts…

SIX Stands Ready to Help Firms with MiFID II and PRIIPs Document Exchange

SIX Financial Information is standing ready to help firms meet the data and document exchange requirements of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) and Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) – both of which regulations have early January 2018 compliance deadlines. The company released its Regulatory Document Hub (RegHub) a month or…

John Randles Leaves CEO Role at Bloomberg PolarLake to Join Start-up

John Randles has left the role of CEO at Bloomberg PolarLake and is on gardening leave until the end of September, after which he will become CEO of a technology start-up. Randles has been replaced by Warren Buckley, chief technology officer (CTO) at Bloomberg PolarLake and founder of PolarLake in 2002. The switch took place…

IT Rationalisation: Mobilising Data Assets

By: Martijn Groot, Vice President of Product Strategy, Asset Control IT rationalisation has become a major focus for financial services firms over the past couple of years – from Deutsche Bank’s Strategy 2020, which includes modernising outdated and fragmented IT architecture, to HSBC’s Simplify the Bank plan, which includes an architecture-led strategy to halve the…

Guest Blog: GDPR? Keep Calm and Think

By John Stuart-Clarke, Data Protection & e-Privacy Specialist John works at a large UK Insurer and leads a team of product owners tasked with strengthening the data protection control environment in readiness for the GDPR and the ePrivacy Regulation. The risks and potential sanctions that GDPR exposes organisations to are eye-wateringly attention-grabbing. They have triggered…

Optimising Market Data Subscriptions with Usage Monitoring

As lines of business demand access to more market data and firms seek to cut the overall cost of data services, the need to understand what market data services are being accessed and used becomes imperative to optimising data subscriptions. This is a challenge, but is made more difficult in an environment where new data…

Bloomberg Entity Exchange Selected by TP ICAP for MiFID II Compliance

TP ICAP’s decision to use the Bloomberg Entity Exchange to help clients of its broking businesses register on new trading venues under Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) was made after considering several Know your Customer (KYC) solutions and is expected to simplify the repapering process for clients ahead of the January 3,…