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A Ticking Clock: The Tricky Issue of Timestamping for MiFID II
MiFID II has introduced rigorous new requirements for timestamping and clock synchronisation, forcing firms to overhaul existing technology and implement new systems to comply. Accuracy is everything – but how successful has the industry been in meeting the tighter demands? In advance of A-Team’s webinar on timestamping and clock synchronisation tomorrow, we take a quick look…
Fenergo Extends Market Reach in Partnership with Delta Capita
Fenergo has partnered technology consulting and managed services provider Delta Capita to deliver a ‘Powered by Fenergo’ client remediation offering designed to address market demand and act as a catalyst to the adoption of Fenergo’s client lifecycle management solution either onsite or as a managed service delivered by Delta Capita. The strategic partnership is the…
SEB Selects Itiviti and ULLINK for Systematic Internaliser Solution
Nordic financial services group SEB has selected recently merged Itiviti and ULLINK to implement a solution for client quote management and systematic internalisation as required by Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II). The solution allows a broker acting as a Systematic Internaliser (SI) to comply with MiFID II requirements addressing quote management, pre-trade…
EDM Council Recommends DCAM for GDPR Compliance
If your organisation is still struggling with the data management aspects of compliance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into force next week, a report from the EDM Council recommending the use of its Data Management Capability Assessment Model (DCAM) may be helpful. The report, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): The Role of…
GLEIF 2018 Plans Include DLT Research, A Mapping Service and Golden Copy Files
The Global Legal Entity Identification Foundation (GLEIF) is planning a research project to discuss the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) for LEI issuance and has this week introduced a free of charge certification process – the GLEIF Certification of LEI Mapping Service – that is designed to ensure organisations that map the LEI to…
SmartStream RDU Prepares Equity and Fixed Income Reference Data Services
The SmartStream Reference Data Utility (RDU) is building momentum in capital markets, helping users drive down costs and preparing to add equity and fixed income reference data services to the listed derivatives solution it already provides. To find out more about the utility’s plans, solutions and users, we caught up with CEO Peter Moss, who…
How to Hit the General Data Protection Regulation Compliance Deadline of 25 May
With just weeks to go before the compliance deadline of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25 May 2018, will your organisation make it over the line, what are the toughest challenges of getting GDPR right, and what should you do if you are worried about being compliant in time? To answer these and other…
Recorded Webinar: Best Practice for trade surveillance
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II), Market Abuse Regulation (MAR), Dodd-Frank and other regulations underline the need for effective and timely trade surveillance to counter market abuse. The webinar will discuss regulatory requirements for trade surveillance, best practice implementation, technology solutions and the benefits of getting market abuse compliance right. Listen to the…
A-Team Group Names Winners of RegTech Awards 2018
The winners of A-Team Group’s RegTech Awards 2018 have been revealed, with winning solution and service providers named across categories from best data management solution for regulatory compliance to best reference data for regulatory compliance, best trade repository for regulatory disclosure, best vendor solution for data governance, and best compliance as a service solution. As…
MiFID II Revisited
It is no secret that Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) remains a work in process, despite go live back in January. But what still needs to be done, how easy will it be, and how can firms work towards accruing the benefits of compliance? A recent A-Team Group webinar, MiFID II Revisited,…