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NeoXam Details Product Plans for 2018
After a period of intense activity, acquisition and reorganisation, NeoXam moves into 2018 with a focus on its Investment Book of Record (IBOR) and DataHub solutions. It is also responding to customer requests to include standardised data in its solution modules and aiming to help asset managers deal with the challenges of regulation, data…
Firms Need a Strategic Approach to the 2018 Regulatory Agenda
The 2018 regulatory agenda is in motion, with Packaged Retail and Insurance based Investment Products (PRIIPs) going live on January 1st, and Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) and Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) taking effect on January 3rd. Looking forward, the compliance deadline for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is May…
ESMA’s First Heisenberg Moment
A blog by Steve Grob, director of group strategy, Fidessa Anyone who has watched the cult TV series Breaking Bad knows that Heisenberg was the clandestine alias adopted by the show’s chief protagonist, Walt White. The ‘original’ Heisenberg was, of course, the brilliant German theoretical physicist who developed his famous Uncertainty Principle. Simply stated it…
What Do You Think 2018 Holds in Store for the RegTech Industry?
By: Conor Coughlan, global head of risk, regulatory and compliance marketing, Financial and Risk Division, Thomson Reuters Looking forward and following current patterns of industry change and analysis, 2018 is going to be a pivotal year for regtech collaboration, service and solutions providers. In essence, the themes we can expect to see more of in…
Extended emagine Timestamping Service Supports MiFID II Compliance
emagine’s Time-as-a-Service (TaaS) solution, which enables market participants to timestamp trades to within 100 microseconds, has been made available across BSO’s network of 91 data centres in 20 countries. Financial services management consultancy emagine says TaaS enables traders to comply with Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II), which went live this week and…
2018 – The Year of Regulation
Happy New Year and welcome to the Year of Regulation, aka the Year of the Dog and, for some capital markets participants struggling to stay abreast of regulatory requirements, the Year of Anxiety. At the top of the agenda are Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) and Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR),…
MiFID II – Day 1
At last, and after years of preparation, Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) has gone live – but not quite as expected, with both the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the German regulator, BaFin, granting Europe’s largest futures exchanges an extra 30 months to comply with the directive’s rules on trading and…
Data Monetisation: An Approach to Unlocking Data Opportunities
By: Sapient Consulting Data has become one of an organisation’s most valuable assets, although many struggle to turn it into a profitable asset. In addition to lacking specialist knowledge, as well as the right tools and experience, companies often face challenges with the availability and usability of their data, overcomplicated legacy technologies, and a shortage…
Recorded Webinar: Measuring results from client onboarding solutions
Getting client onboarding right is critical to retaining customers, winning new business and avoiding regulatory penalties, but are banks getting it right? And how can they judge their performance and solve problems on a rolling basis? Answering these questions, the webinar will discuss how banks can measure results from client onboarding solutions, what they should…
ESMA Publishes Missing Pieces of Reference Data Crucial to MiFID II
To the relief of market participants subject to Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II), the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the last missing pieces of reference data crucial to trading under the regulation – MiFID II and Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) transitional transparency calculations (TTC) for equity and…