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SS&C Expands Risk Analytics with Agreement to Buy Algorithmics’ Assets from IBM
SS&C Technologies has reached a definitive agreement to acquire certain Algorithmics’ and related assets from IBM. The addition of Algorithmics, a provider of risk analytics products and capital management solutions, will extend SS&C’s risk analytics and regulatory offering by adding over 200 clients, 350 employees and offices in 25 countries. Client types include banks, broker…
Shield Launches New SME-Focused Compliance Hub
As first reported by RegTech Insight at the start of September, specialist RegTech provider Shield has officially launched a version of its flagship eComms compliance platform specifically targeting small and medium-sized businesses. With warning signs that the focus of the regulator towards smaller firms has changed, a more rigorous approach to enforcement could be on…
Deal or No Deal: Brexit or No Brexit – How Does this Affect GDPR?
By Nick Murphy, Associate Director, GDPR Integrated Technology and Solution, 3 Lines of Defence Consulting. All eyes are on the government right now. Parliament is up and running again – for now! A No-Deal Brexit is still looming ever larger and the clock is still ticking. The time for UK firms to take action on…
Understanding the Importance of an Integrated Regulatory, Data and Technology Strategy
By Bradley Foster, Global Head of Content (Enterprise), Bloomberg. Regulation following the 2008 financial crisis has had a profound effect on banks and buy side firms. Banks in particular are now much better capitalized and more liquid compared to a decade ago. We have seen a wave of new investor protection and market transparency regulation…
Trade and Transaction Reporting Challenges – Where Are We Now?
As the reporting burden grows ever more onerous, it is vital to stay up to date with the latest cross-regulatory evolutions. But what are the priorities for 2020? MiFID II is old news, and no one has any idea what is going to happen with Brexit yet – but there are some regulations that are…
FCA Finds MiFID II Research Unbundling Rules Working Well for Investors
Multi-firm review findings published this week by the FCA has found that, post-MiFID II, most asset managers have chosen to pay for research from their own revenues, instead of using their clients’ funds. Firms have also improved their accountability and scrutiny of both research and execution costs, including where firms have chosen to charge research…
Firms Still Uncertain About Libor Transition
Although four out of five financial providers have Libor transition plans in place, just 18% say their plan is mature, while only one in five say they are operationally ready for the change – according to the Accenture 2019 Libor Survey. Almost half (41%) do not feel they have a unified and consistent approach to…
RegTech Summit London Fast Approaching – Have You Booked Your Place?
The third annual edition of A-Team Group’s highly sought-after RegTech Summit is nearly here! On October 3, 2019 industry leaders, regulators, practitioners and providers will converge on the etc.venues at St Paul’s London to discuss the most innovative and effective approaches for building a better regulatory environment. This year is our strongest line-up yet, with…
Over 50% of Banks Not Yet Ready for SFTR, Finds Cappitech and Kaizen
A new study from regulatory reporting solutions provider Cappitech, in partnership with Kaizen Reporting, has found that 56% of banks are still only in the pre-implementation planning stages of their SFTR compliance strategy, despite a go-live first phase reporting deadline of April 2020. Even more worryingly, just 37% of the securities lending industry has started…
LIBOR Change Requirements Mean Major Data Challenges for Financial Firms – Are You Ready?
With the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) ceasing to exist at midnight January 1, 2022, financial services firms around the world are faced with an enormous data management challenge. LIBOR, and the interest rate curves built off of it, are used within a wide variety of financial instruments and products, including derivatives, loans, and bonds….