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Creating An Effective ESG Framework and Managing a Changing Risk Landscape: Boldly Go Where the World Is Going!
By Fraser Hall, Global Product Manager – FinReg, AxiomSL. European regulators are leading with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure requirements, although given the direction the world is going – in terms of ESG framework development – other regulators will not be far behind. The European Banking Authority (EBA), European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA)…
Brexit: Equivalence is Dead. What Now?
Last week, UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered his first speech at Mansion House, outlining his vision for the UK’s financial services industry. During the speech, while stating that the UK government’s ambition following Brexit had been to reach a comprehensive set of mutual decisions on financial services equivalence, he conceded that “this has not happened,”…
A-Team Group ESG Handbook 2021 Details Environmental, Social and Governance Investing and Disclosure
A-Team Group has expanded its portfolio of industry-leading publications with the release of ESG Handbook 2021, a guide to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing, disclosure, and product development. The handbook offers capital markets participants, data vendors and solutions providers extensive coverage of all elements of ESG, from an initial definition and note on why…
ESG Handbook 2021
A-Team Group’s ESG Handbook 2021 is a ‘must read’ for all capital markets participants, data vendors and solutions providers involved in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing and product development. It includes extensive coverage of all elements of ESG, from an initial definition and why ESG is important, to existing and emerging regulations, data challenges…
Bracing for More Change in Trade Reporting
By Mark Steadman, Executive Director, Head of DTCC Report Hub Services. In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, regulations governing the reporting of transactions across key asset classes have been implemented in major jurisdictions around the world. This complex thicket of rules is set to become even more complicated and costly for firms’ as…
BayernLB Selects Broadridge for SFTR, EMIR/MiFIR, MMSR Trade and Transaction Reporting
Bayerische Landesbank (BayernLB) has selected Broadridge Financial Solutions’ platform to meet its trade and transaction reporting obligations across a range of regulations including SFTR, EMIR and MiFIR, as well as the European Central Bank’s money market statistical reporting (MMSR) requirements. The deployment – is aimed at streamlining and consolidating all of its regulatory trade reporting…
Recorded Webinar: Fighting fraud and financial crime with RegTech
Financial fraud and crime continue to escalate causing significant damage to companies, countries and the global economy despite enormous efforts by firms and organisations in the financial services sector to identify and expel bad actors. As these bad actors use increasingly sophisticated techniques to break into financial institutions and extract both money and data, so…
Recorded Webinar: Best practice for Regulatory Change in 2021 and beyond
How to get regulatory change management right and avoid the risks of getting it wrong The burden of regulatory change on financial firms has never been greater, leaving compliance teams under increasing pressure to ensure that changes are reviewed and acted upon in a timely manner. Technology enhancements in this space can help, allowing firms…
Confluence Outlines Development Plans Following Acquisition Agreement with Clearlake Capital Group
Clearlake Capital Group’s agreement to acquire a majority stake in Confluence provides the regulatory and data solutions provider with backing to accelerate global expansion, develop additional solutions, integrate emerging technologies, and continue down the acquisition trail. Clearlake will acquire Confluence from private equity firm TA Associates, which partnered with Confluence in 2018 and will continue…
Rising AML Costs Driven by Regulatory Initiatives Rather than Crime Threat, LexisNexis Survey Finds
Regulation itself is the primary driver behind an expected rise to £30 billion in UK financial institutions’ annual AML costs to £30 billion by 2023, a survey from LexisNexis Risk Solutions has found. The increase, from £28.7 billion in 2020, appears set to be invested in personnel rather than technology, however, with the survey –…