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Regulation Best Interest: A New Standard for US Brokers
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation Best Interest—or Reg BI— officially came into effect on June 30, 2020. Brokerage firms now have to comply with a whole new standard of conduct when dealing with retail clients, in one of the biggest regulatory shake-ups for the US market in years… but there have been concerns…
TriOptima Extends Collaboration with DTCC on SFTR
TriOptima, an infrastructure service that helps to lower costs and to mitigate risk in OTC derivatives markets, has extended data connectivity between The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) Global Trade Repository (GTR) service and TriOptima’s triResolve platform to help market participants validate their reported securities financing transactions as they prepare for SFTR compliance. Through…
FINRA Fines Morgan Stanley for Incorrect Trading Data
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined Morgan Stanley $875,000 for failing to provide accurate trade data (also known as “blue sheets”) in an automated format when requested to do so by FINRA and the SEC. The regulator found that the bank had experienced significant failures in its blue sheet systems between 2014 and…
Dutch Banks to Share Data in Fight Against Financial Crime
Dutch banks ING, ABN Amro, and Rabobank plan to join forces to share transaction data in a bid to reduce money laundering. Along with Volksbank and Triodos Bank they intend to launch a new agency to monitor all transactions, making it easier to detect unusual patterns. According to Dutch banking association NVB, around €16 billion…
SFTR Reporting Goes Live – But Is the Industry Ready?
The first deadline for new transaction reporting under the UE’s SFTR went live on July 13, and while the first phase seems to have come off relatively smoothly, there are still some concerns around the readiness of the financial services industry when it comes to the reporting process. “Whilst [this] marks the first deadline for…
Recorded Webinar: The Transformation of Buy-Side Market Surveillance
Asset managers, hedge funds, insurance firms, and other buy-side firms globally are becoming more active in their approach to market surveillance, as regulatory pressure to up their game mounts. Buy-side firms are now building out their surveillance infrastructure as they seek to respond to the requirements posed by Dodd-Frank, MiFID II and the Market Abuse…
The Results Are In… Trading Tech Insight Awards USA 2020
The A-Team Group Trading Tech Insight Awards USA winners were announced this week in the second year of the North American edition, and while we were sad not to be able to hold our usual glittering reception to celebrate the winners, their achievement is no less redoubtable. US market practitioners and suppliers are facing unique…
SteelEye and UnaVista Partner on Reporting Solution Following CME Announcement
SteelEye, the compliance technology and data analytics firm, and UnaVista, the regulatory reporting platform from London Stock Exchange Group, have joined forces to support financial firms with best-in-class reporting services as they migrate from CME’s European Trade Repository (TR) and NEX Abide regulatory reporting services, which will close in November 2020. SteelEye has been a technical…
Delta Capita Claims Major Cost Savings with CLM Solution
Delta Capita, a global provider of Fintech solutions, managed services and consulting, claims that its latest client lifecycle management (CLM) platform could help financial institutions to cut their operational costs by up to 40%. With technology and operating costs typically running into the millions of pounds per year, banks have traditionally deployed thousands of people…
Borrowing Time: Industry Must Converge on Margin Call Automation
By Tim Keady, Chief Client Officer (CCO) and Head of DTCC Solutions. Although the global impact of Coronavirus (Covid-19) feels like a once-in-a-generation event, it is the latest in a string of crises that have impacted financial markets over the past couple of decades. With the tech bubble burst in 2000; followed by September 11, 2001; then the financial crisis of 2008-2009; and the flash crash of 2010, the industry is no stranger to disruptive events. Not…