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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management Selects Bloomberg Data Solution for SFDR Compliance
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management has adopted Bloomberg’s data solution dedicated to helping firms meet the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The asset manager is one of the largest in Japan and Asia, a signatory of both Japan’s Stewardship Code and Principles for Responsible Investment, and is actively pursuing initiatives to address ESG…
ACA Adds SaaS Best Execution Solution to ComplianceAlpha Platform
ACA has added a best execution solution to its ComplianceAlpha RegTech platform. The solution is available as Software-as-a-Service and integrates with the platforms Employee Compliance and Market Abuse Surveillance solutions, as well as third-party systems. The ACA solution is designed to help global firms facilitate the exchange of critical data and reduce the cost and…
Clearstream Banking Selects Regnology Rcloud Solution for Reporting
Clearstream Banking, a central securities depository and provider of global post-trade services within the Deutsche Börse Group, has engaged Regnology to migrate its on premise regulatory reporting to the cloud using Regnology’s Rcloud solution, which is powered by the Google Cloud Platform and was released in 2022. The migration is subject to regulatory approval. The…
eflow Global Plans Range of New Products Post £7 Million Funding Round
RegTech solutions provider eflow Global has raised £7 million in capital through a Series A funding round. The company plans to invest the funds in R&D for new products and to accelerate growth with a particular emphasis on North America and Asia-Pacific. Founded in 2004, eflow provides financial firms with software solutions to help them…
ACA Partners LeapXpert to Extend Surveillance of Off-Channel Communications
CGRC specialist ACA Group has partnered LeapXpert to deliver greater capabilities for off-channel communications monitoring. The partnership provides enhancements to archival, workflow, and surveillance features across WhatsApp, iMessage, SMS, WeChat, Telegram, LINE and Signal, and comes at a time when regulators are looking more closely at how financial firms are communicating internally, as well as…
Regulatory Compliance – a Special Report Published by The Times in Partnership with A-Team Group
The Regulatory Compliance special report published by The Times in partnership with RegTech Insight from A-Team Group last week takes a deep dive into compliance issues on the agenda at financial institutions, looks to the future of regulation, and touches on emerging AI solutions. We’re of course thrilled to be partnering with such a prestigious brand here…
A-Team Partners The Times on Regulatory Compliance Special Report
A-Team Group is thrilled to be partnering with The Times newspaper on its special report covering Regulatory Compliance. Be sure to pick up your copy this Wednesday 12 July from any good newsstand in the UK. Among the topics the special report explores are the state of KYC in 2023, e-communication risk and compliance, ESG…
EU’s Landmark MiCA Framework Affirms Value of LEI in Crypto-Asset Regulation
By Stephan Wolf, CEO of the Global LEI Foundation. With the crypto-asset market experiencing sustained instability and volatility following the high-profile collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, regulatory activities have taken on new intensity and urgency. Emergent initiatives are being realised, and in May 2023, the EU finally adopted the long-awaited and much-debated Markets in…
SteelEye Reports Increasing Demand for Integrated Surveillance as Regulatory Crackdown Continues
Demand for integrated trade and communications surveillance among financial institutions has surged by 100% this year following heightened regulatory scrutiny across financial markets, according to recent research by SteelEye. The company’s 2023 Annual Compliance Health Check Report, which surveyed more than 300 senior financial services compliance and risk professionals, found integrated surveillance is now a…
ESMA Data Strategy Proposes More Tech, Less Cost in Reporting Compliance
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its data strategy for 2023 to 2028. Key agenda points include using new data-related technologies, reducing reporting compliance costs for regulated entities, enabling effective use of data at both EU and national level, and making data more broadly available to the public. The five-year ESMA data…