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SEC CAT Hits Another Hurdle
The US Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) has hit another hurdle with the CAT National Market System (NMS) confirming that it is ‘transitioning the CAT project to a new plan processer’. This suggests Thesys Technologies, which was rather surprisingly selected as the plan processor by the self-regulatory organisations (SROs) that operate the CAT NMS in May…
RegTech Insight – Keeping Your Finger on the Regulatory Pulse
Welcome to Regtech Insight (RTI), a brand-new platform from A-Team Group bringing you the very latest in news, insights and exclusive analysis from the complex and fast-changing world of regulatory technology. Forming the third pillar of our comprehensive information service, RTI stands alongside Data Management Insight (DMI) and Trading Technology Insight (TTI) to offer a…
FRTB Poses Potential Threat to Smaller Regional Banks
In January the Basel Committee released final revisions to the upcoming Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB), including a number of modifications to make the regulation more palatable to industry players and a confirmed deadline of January 2022 for initial implementation. Despite its modest revisions, the transformative framework will enforce one of the biggest…
FRTB Special Report
FRTB is one of the most sweeping and transformative pieces of regulation to hit the financial markets in the last two decades. With the deadline confirmed as January 2022, this Special Report provides a detailed insight into exactly what the data requirements are for FRTB in its latest (and final) incarnation, and explores what needs to be done in order to meet these needs on a cost-effective and company-wide basis.
OneSumX: A New Way of Meeting CECL Reporting and Compliance Obligations
A-Team Group speaks exclusively to Wolters Kluwer to learn more about OneSumX, a suite of integrated regulatory compliance solutions, and how it can assist firms to meet compliance requirements for the Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) credit loss accounting standard model introduced in June 2016 by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). What is CECL…
No-Deal Brexit Could Threaten GDPR Compliance
By Alex Scheinman, Director, ACA Compliance Despite its crucial importance, data protection in a post-Brexit world is not getting the attention it deserves. UK firms have spent a significant time preparing for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as members of the EU. However, Brexit means that they may have to comprehensively re-think their approach…
MiFID II: One Year On and None the Wiser
By Christian Voigt, Senior Regulatory Advisor, Fidessa MiFID has achieved the rare feat of becoming a genericized trademark. In the same way that Xerox stands for copy machines in general, MiFID has turned into a synonym for all financial markets regulation. With the scorecard for its first birthday due, whether MiFID II really is ground-breaking,…
BBVA Compass Selects Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for US Regulatory Reporting
BBVA Compass, the US-based subsidiary of Spanish multinational banking group BBVA, in January announced its plans to implement the OneSumX solution from Wolters Kluwer to provide regulatory reporting software for its US operations. BBVA Compass is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama and has a major presence throughout the ‘Sunbelt’ region of the US, with total assets…
Steeleye Partners with Euronext for MiFID II Reporting
Compliance technology and data analytics firm Steeleye has partnered with pan-European capital raising centre Euronext through its connectivity partner scheme. Steeleye customers can now access to Euronext’s advanced Approved Public Reporting (APA) and Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) services, allowing for efficient and reliable MiFiD II reporting. The APA service is available for firms and Systematic…
IHS Markit and AcadiaSoft Offer Compliance with Incoming Initial Margin Rules
IHS Markit and AcadiaSoft have responded to ongoing extension of initial margin rules for non-cleared derivatives through an alliance that brings together the former’s information and analytics capabilities, and the latter’s specialism in margin automation solutions. The initial margin requirement for non-cleared derivatives was introduced in 2016, with increasing numbers of entities required to meet…