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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…
SmartStream RDU Launches API to Get Firms Over the SFTR Finish Line
Transaction Lifecycle Management specialist SmartStream has extended its Reference Data Utility (RDU) SFTR service to include a new API targeting firms who need fast access to the technology and data needed need to meet ESMA’s delayed SFTR reporting deadline of July 13. The API gives access to new tools to validate reference data content during…
Mid Atlantic Capital Chooses SS&C Technologies for FINRA CAT Reporting
Mid Atlantic Capital Group has chosen SS&C to automate its FINRA Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) reporting obligations. The Securities and Exchange Commission will require all broker-dealers to report equities and options transaction data to FINRA CAT at the end of the month. SS&C will monitor, submit and correct transactional data on behalf of Mid Atlantic Capital…
Cappitech Joins Forces with REGIS-TR for End-to-End Service
EU trade repository REGIS-TR and Cappitech, a regulatory reporting service provider, have confirmed a new collaboration to deliver a streamlined, end-to-end regulatory reporting service. The partnership will link the two firms’ complimenting services for the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR), the European Market Infrastructure Regulation, and its UK iteration, along with Switzerland’s Financial Market Infrastructure…
SFTR Approvals Could Cast a Spanner in the Works
With the delayed go-live date for the EU’s SFTR regulation less than a month away, the pressure is once again on as firms scramble to get ready for their new regulatory reporting requirements, pushed back from April 2020 due to coronavirus. And while most firms should be well into the testing phase by now, there…
Danish Regulator Reports Danske Bank for Market Abuse, Launches AML Enquiry
Denmark’s Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) has reported the country’s largest lender, Danske Bank, for violating the prohibition on market manipulation. The regulator alleges that the bank facilitated “wash trades” (where the same entity both buys and sells securities) between 2016-19, as well as failing to properly monitor and report transactions. Danske’s chief compliance officer Philippe…
Recorded Webinar: Overcoming the Barriers to Implementing RegTech Solutions: The View from Either Side of the Fence
RegTech holds the promise of targeted, agile and often low-cost solutions to the real-world problems faced by financial institutions across the board. So why is it so difficult to get RegTech projects off the ground? RegTech solutions providers complain that it’s difficult to get access to decision-makers, and even when they do it’s tough to…
Are You Ready for RegTech Virtual 2020?
We’ve only got a week to go, and our brand new and fully virtual RegTech Summit is fast approaching. One of the most innovative, exciting and engaging platforms we have ever worked on, we are delighted to bring you two days of unique, insightful and cutting edge content on the most pressing regulatory challenges of…
EU Regulator Offers Guidance on Cloud Outsourcing
ESMA has issued new guidance this month to help financial providers understand their compliance responsibilities when outsourcing functions or investment activities to cloud-based providers. Published on 3 June in in draft form and currently open to consultation, the proposals are designed to help firms mitigate the risks that they are exposed to when outsourcing to…
DTCC Steps Up SFTR Testing with Delta Capita
Market infrastructure giant The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has extended its collaboration with London-based technology consulting and managed services specialist Delta Capita to help firms meet their trade reporting requirements under SFTR, due to come into force in July after the first phase was delayed from its initial April start date due to…