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Sponsored Blog: FRTB: Local Rules Divergences Add Complexity
By Fausto Marseglia, Head of Product Management, FRTB and Regulatory Propositions, Refinitiv. As the implementation date for FRTB approaches, differing local interpretations of the rules are adding further complexity to an already multi-faceted challenge facing banks. The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) forms part of the Basel III framework with aim of making…
Sova Capital Selects Appway for Onboarding and KYC Refresh
Sova Capital has selected Appway, a provider of workflow orchestration, to provide solutions for a digital onboarding and KYC refresh. Sova will streamline its workflows using Appway’s Onboarding for Wealth, KYC and Regulatory Review solutions, and will support direct client interactions with Appway’s Client Engagement Hub. Sova Capital is an FCA authorised and regulated broker…
Data integrity: Your key to confidence in a complex regulatory environment
Despite the recent challenges of the Covid pandemic, regulators have made it clear that they will not accept reporting errors, particularly those that are related to data. Enforcement is more stringent, scrutiny is more in-depth, and the pressure is on to ensure – and demonstrate – that the data underpinning your reporting and activities is…
Refinitiv Integrates World-Check and EPIC to Fortify the Fight Against Fraud
Refinitiv has integrated World-Check and the EPIC platform from GIACT, which it acquired late last year, behind a single API, bringing together the former’s risk intelligence data and the latter’s ability to positively identify and authenticate customers in the fight against fraud and risk-related threats. “For over a decade, legacy solutions have failed to adequately…
Facteus Partners Snowflake to Migrate Sensitive Data to the Snowflake Data Cloud
Facteus, a provider of actionable insights from sensitive data, has joined Snowflake’s partner network with a focus on enabling financial services organisations to use its Mimic synthetic data engine and data enrichment services to transform, enhance, and migrate sensitive data to the Snowflake Data Cloud. Mimic is installed behind an organisation’s firewall and uses proprietary…
ROC and DSB Sign Memorandum of Agreement on Governance of Unique Product Identifier
The Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC) and Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) have finalised a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the implementation of governance arrangements for the globally harmonised Unique Product Identifier (UPI). In October 2019, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published governance arrangements for the UPI, outlining the governance framework and criteria for the UPI system….
DTCC Increases Transparency of Credit Default Swaps Market with Upgraded CDS Kinetics Platform
DTCC has enhanced its CDS Kinetics data platform to support demand for more transparency into the credit default swaps (CDS) market within the over-the-counter derivatives space. The platform provides position data on CDS sourced from DTCC’s Trade Information Warehouse including notional outstanding, net notional, and trading volume metrics on securities including single-name, index, and index…
Sponsored Blog: The Complexities of Shareholding Disclosure
Complex shareholder disclosure regulations, especially where assets are held across jurisdictions, can quickly translate into a significant headache for asset managers and institutional investors alike. Secure access to the right data and analytics can mean the difference between compliance and a breach of regulations. About shareholding disclosure Shareholding disclosure regulations have been designed to protect…
Buy-Side Firms Report Data Management Challenges and Solutions in Outsourcing
Some 86% of decision makers in buy-side financial firms say their organisation has a significant data management challenge, with 28% citing a fragmented and unreliable data management infrastructure that struggles to cope with increasing data volumes as the biggest challenge they face. A further 8% have a problem with IT bandwidth, stating: “Our IT teams…
Your SFDR Framework Should Be Set, Even if Thresholds Aren’t
By Volker Lainer, VP of Product Management and Regulatory Affairs at GoldenSource. The EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and its related Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS), which are intended to promote environmentally and socially conscious investment in companies, came into play on 10 March, 2021. And with the further postponing of SFDR Level 2, with…