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BTP Partners with The Demex Group on Climate Risk
Enterprise blockchain company Blockchain Technology Partners (BTP) has partnered with climate risk insurtech The Demex Group to deliver climate-resilience through financial risk solutions on a global scale. Extreme weather events, natural disasters and the failure to mitigate and adapt to climate change were all included in the top five global risks by the World Economic…
Are You Ready for Brexit?
Things might be up in the air at the moment around Brexit negotiations, but the UK financial regulators have made it very clear that firms must be ready for the final deadline on December 31, 2020 or risk facing the consequences. Firms that don’t prepare in advance for the changing regulatory environment could face tough…
ESG: The Next Frontier for Financial Services
ESG is everyone’s favourite topic right now, but the mass of different regulations, standards and reporting requirements can be confusing. Last week at the RegTech Summit Virtual 2020, we were delighted to speak with Beate Born, Head of Strategic Projects, Investment and Trading Platforms at UBS Wealth Management, to discuss how firms could best address…
A-Team Group Introduces 2021 Innovation Awards
Here at A-Team Group we have been working hard on plans to celebrate innovative projects and teams with the launch of our A-Team Innovation Awards. The awards are designed to reward teams that have found innovative ways to make use of new and emerging technologies to solve challenges at financial institutions in capital markets. The…
AxiomSL Expands Global Shareholding Disclosures Solution
Regulatory reporting specialist AxiomSL has significantly expanded its Global Shareholding Disclosures Solution with the launch this week of its Sensitive Industries module covering over 600 rules across more than 80 countries. Developed in consultation with clients and partners, the new module attempts to address two key challenges that investment management organizations face in monitoring sensitive…
DMA Enhances Compliance Control with SteelEye
SteelEye, the compliance technology and data analytics firm, has been selected by South African brokerage SCM DMA, to help the firm improve its MiFID II transaction reporting. Regulated by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority in South Africa, DMA provides multi-asset execution, prime brokerage, trading technology and portfolio management solutions to institutional clients and their end…
Making the Case for Ongoing KYC: Why the Time for Change is Now
By John O’Neill, senior vice president, Silent Eight. If you work in financial services then you’re already aware that knowing your customer (KYC) is not just an essential process, it is also a legal requirement. It’s part of the essential tasks banks perform to tackle anti-money laundering (AML) and other financial crimes. Back in June…
The UK Regulatory Regime after Brexit – What Comes Next?
By Martin Lovick, Director, and Bobby Johal, Managing Director, ACA Compliance Group. A regime in transition Investment managers are – quite rightly – focusing near-term on the cliff-edge nature of the UK/EU negotiations on future trade arrangements. Their contingency planning will have already considered the likely loss of passporting rights for UK firms exporting their…
Are You Ready for the RegTech Summit Virtual 2020?
Hope might be in sight with the advent of an effective new vaccine, but the global pandemic has changed the way we work forever, and it is becoming increasingly clear that the business environment will be irrevocably changed by the 2020 experience. Remote engagement has become more important than ever, and agility and versatility have…
RIMES Strengthens BMR Push with EBR Acquisition
RIMES Technologies Corporation (RIMES) has acquired London-based EBR Analytics (EBR), a Benchmarks Regulation (BMR)-focused RegTech company, adding the EBR solution to its own BMR compliance suite, RIMES RegFocus BMR. Following the transaction, the EBR brand will fold into RIMES, with the EBR team joining the company under RIMES’ leadership. There is a natural synergy between the two…