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All Along the Watchtower: How MiFID II’s Impact on the Front Office Is Driving Banks to Mutualise
By Dan Barnes Bob Dylan’s lyric, ‘There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief,’ resonates in the world of capital markets. It encapsulates the relentless regulatory and systemic turbulence. Under the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) coming into force in 2018, firms active in Europe will be hit with many new…
Recorded Webinar: Approaches to data quality
Underpinning all data management initiatives is the fundamental need to get data quality right. Poor data quality can be costly, impact customer service, lead to errors in risk management and regulatory reporting, and more. So, how can you improve data quality? How can you use rules, standardisation and technology to make improvements? And how is…
Synechron Apps Support Fast Implementation of Blockchain Solutions
Business consulting and technology services provider Synechron has released six blockchain applications designed to help financial institutions get up and running on a blockchain network or in a sandbox environment within weeks. The applications are cloud based and include solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), global payments, trade finance, smart margin calls, insurance claims processing…
Solving the Outstanding Pain Points of Solvency II
Solvency II continues to trouble insurance firms and asset managers, with many insurers still using manual workarounds and struggling to get the fund look through element of the regulation right despite the elapse of nine months since the compliance deadline on January 1, 2016. The ongoing pain points and potential benefits of a successful Solvency…
Peter Moss Discusses His Plans for the SmartStream Reference Data Utility
The appointment of Peter Moss as CEO of SmartStream’s Reference Data Utility (RDU) signals renewed energy behind the utility and a drive to move beyond early users and make the RDU a solution for many financial institutions, as well as a commercial success for SmartStream. Moss joined the company in August, a year or so…
McKay Brothers Secures Growth Funding via IMC Investment
By Zoe Schiff Microwave connectivity specialist McKay Brothers has secured funding for future growth through a capital injection from Dutch trading technology provider IMC. The investment agreement – announced September 1 – also reaffirms McKay’s continued independence under co-founders Stéphane Tyc and Bob Meade. Terms of the investment weren’t disclosed, but the companies said funds…
More Uncertainty Around PRIIPs Compliance Deadline
Uncertainty around the compliance deadline for EU regulation Packaged Retail Investment and Insurance Products (PRIIPs) was underlined this week when the European Parliament voted against the Level 2 Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) supplementing the regulation. PRIIPS is due to take effect on 31 December 2016, but this second vote objecting to the RTS brings the…
Establishing One True Data Voice: Extracting Long Term Benefits from MiFID II Compliance
By Boyke Baboelal, Director of Data Services at Asset Control The delay to the implementation of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) – now pushed back to January 2018 – gives institutions a chance to take a different approach. While many of the issues regarding MiFID II are still up in the air,…
Recorded Webinar: Solvency II Update: Are we effectively meeting the regulatory data requirement?
Nine months on from the January 2016 Solvency II compliance deadline, insurance firms and asset managers should have satisfactory responses to the regulation in place. But how effectively are they meeting the regulatory data requirement for the look-through and reporting elements of the regulation, and how best can they achieve not only compliance, but also…
Tumbling Down the Rabbit Hole
By Christian Voigt, Senior Regulatory Adviser at Fidessa With much of the MiFID II Level 2 text close to being finalised, the markets continue to dive even deeper into the details and home in on Level 3 material, such as the Q&As and ESMA guidelines. One such detail lies in the phrase “traded on a…