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EBA Publishes FRTB Roadmap, Launches Consultation
Prior to the implementation of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB), now scheduled for January 2022, the European Banking Authority (EBA) on June 27 issued a new roadmap for market and counterparty credit risk approaches, providing a comprehensive overview of deliverables in the area of market and counterparty credit risk and outlines the…
EBA Warns of £135bn Bank Shortfall for Basel IV
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has warned that the EU’s biggest banks could face a funding gap of up to £135bn in order to comply with Basel IV, an updated set of post-crisis regulations expected to be phased in from 2022 and be in full force by 2027. The EBA estimates that banks could face…
Dion Global Releases Corporate Actions Solution
Dion Global Solutions has released a corporate actions solution. Already live with two pilot customers, the solution is designed to make corporate actions processing cost effective for the smallest industry participants and scalable for the largest. It aims to decrease manual processing by increasing automation, and reduce risk by ensuring no event is missed or…
ClauseMatch Parters with Singapore’s Ingenia
Following on from its recent expansion into Singapore, UK-based regtech firm ClauseMatch has announced its first partnership in the region, with independent consultancy Ingenia. The alliance aims to provide ‘Compliance-as-a-Service’ for small and medium-sized financial institutions in Singapore, based on Ingenia’s existing service of developing and maintaining compliance networks for financial institutions who outsource their…
UnaVista Takes on 25 New SFTR Partners
UnaVista, part of the London Stock Exchange Group, in June welcomed 25 new software vendors to its SFTR partner programme: including Calypso Technology, Equilend, IHS Markit, Trax, the post-trade services arm of MarketAxess, Broadridge and Murex S.A.S. The new partners will connect directly into UnaVista’s SFTR platform, allowing their clients to report all their required…
Comyno and REGIS-TR Join Forces
German tech consultancy Comyno has partnered with Luxembourg trade repository REGIS-TR to provide an integrated SFTR solution with straight-through processing for mutual clients. The alliance will connect Comyno’s C-ONE SFTR solution to REGIS-TR’s test environment, offering clients early validation and testing in advance of implementation.
Calypso Teams Up With IHS Markit on SFTR
San Francisco-based software application provider Calypso Technology has partnered with IHS Markit to offer seamless connectivity for SFTR reporting, from the booking of the trade through to the trade repository, providing a comprehensive end-to-end view of the reporting. Common clients will benefit from a single interface to the trade repositories of their choice, with data…
IHS Markit Partners With Cappitech
IHS Markit has partnered with regulatory reporting and intelligence solutions provider Cappitech to deliver its SFTR solution via Cappitech’s reporting platform Capptivate. The alliance aims to automate and streamline transaction reporting to trade repositories for all securities finance instruments. It will also support out-of-the-box MiFID II reporting for additional instruments that will be in scope…
ESMA to Hold Hearing on SFTR Reporting
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will hold an open hearing on its consultation paper published on May 27, 2019 on draft Guidelines for the reporting under the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR). The hearing will take place on July 15, 2019 at the ESMA headquarters in Paris.
DTCC Sets SFTR Testing Date
DTCC is scheduled to launch its first phase of SFTR testing for third-party partners in August, ahead of the regulation’s go-live date of April 2020.