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Getting Real About Perpetual KYC

Perpetual KYC, or pKYC, has the potential to revolutionise financial crime compliance. But practitioners and vendors need to be realistic about what can be achieved. It is easy to see why financial institutions are enthusiastic about pKYC. A new report by PwC suggests banks can reduce their KYC costs by up to 80% across the…

Video: Adaptive CEO’s View on what’s to Come in Trading Technology

Matt Barrett, CEO & Co-Founder of Adaptive Financial Consulting discusses what’s to come in trading technology, how the pandemic has “created a once in a generation rapid acceleration of change in the way people interact in capital markets”, and why he’s looking forward to speaking at TradingTech Summit London on 22 February. If you’d like…

Video: Adaptive CEO’s View on what’s to Come in Trading Technology

Matt Barrett, CEO & Co-Founder of Adaptive Financial Consulting discusses what’s to come in trading technology, how the pandemic has “created a once in a generation rapid acceleration of change in the way people interact in capital markets”, and why he’s looking forward to speaking at TradingTech Summit London on 22 February. If you’d like…

Regulatory Change Management – What Does the Future Hold?

The ability of financial institutions to respond successfully to regulatory change is essential to ensure the integrity of the financial services industry. Yet operating the requisite change management programmes can often prove costly and onerous. On a recent A-Team Group webinar, a group of industry experts shared their unique thoughts on how to approach an…

EU Asserts ‘Strategic Autonomy’ in Post-Brexit Regulatory Landscape

With Brexit now ‘done’, the EU is taking stock of its regulatory environment as it settles down to life without the UK and its all-important financial capital London. The EU will spend 2022 setting out its regulatory stall as the UK seeks to differentiate itself from its former stablemates. What’s emerging is a multi-pronged regulatory…

IFPR – The UK’s New Prudential Regime: Is Your Firm Ready?

By Murray Campbell, CASS Business Consultant, AutoRek. The Investment Firm Prudential Regime (IFPR) comes into effect in the UK on January 1, 2022, and will overhaul the prudential regulations that are currently applicable to MiFID investment firms. This will bring significant changes to the way investment firms assess their capital adequacy and monitor associated risks….

Tractiv Raises $2.25 Million to Build Out Tracking Solution to Aid Regulatory Data Validation

Chicago-based data usage monitoring and tracking specialist Tractiv, founded in 2020 under the name TradeX, has raised $2.25 million in seed funding to expand its engineering and sales teams. At the same time, the company has added Mark Almeida, to its board of directors. Almeida is Limited Partner Advisor at Nyca Partners – which led…

Recorded Webinar: Regulatory change management – challenges, solutions and case studies

Regulatory change has become part of the fabric of capital markets. It has also become increasingly complex as more regulations are introduced, significant amendments are made frequently, and small changes are made on a rolling basis – the whole made more difficult by jurisdictional interpretation and the UK’s amended regulatory regime post Brexit. If keeping…

Moody’s Boosts KYC Offerings with Acquisition of PassFort and Kompany

Moody’s Corp. has continued its foray into the regulatory and compliance segment with the acquisition of two KYC solutions providers: PassFort Ltd. and 360kompany (a.k.a. kompany). The two acquisitions are aimed at adding to Moody’s KYC, AML and counterparty risk capabilities, and are illustrative of the heating up of the beneficial ownership, sanctions and financial…

Finastra Adds €STR, TONAR and SORA Rates to Fusion LIBOR Transition Calculator

Finastra has introduced additional Alternative Reference Rates (ARR) and Risk-Free Rates (RFRs) to its Fusion LIBOR Transition Calculator. The move enables banks, corporates and borrowers to calculate ARR in preparation for the end of the majority of LIBOR rates on December 31, 2021. In addition to SOFR for the US dollar and SONIA for pounds…