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ECB Launches Consultation on Guide Urging Banks to Improve Risk Data Aggregation and Reporting
The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched a public consultation covering its Guide on Effective Risk Data Aggregation and Risk Reporting, noting that ‘adequate capabilities in this area are still the exception, and banks have to improve their risk data aggregation frameworks, also in light of the BCBS principles’. Ultimately, banks are expected to step up…
FCA Makes Digital Sandbox Permanently Available, Invites Data Providers to Apply to List Data on the Platform
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will make its Digital Sandbox available permanently from 1 August 2023 following two successful pilots. The aim is to open up the platform to a broader range of innovative businesses, start-ups and data providers. The sandbox is a testing environment that enables the FCA to support firms at the early…
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…
ISSB Assumption of TCFD Brings a Global Reporting Code a Huge Step Closer
The set of climate reporting recommendations that are regarded as the go-to guideline for national regulators, companies and financial institutions alike has become the latest major piece added to an emerging global sustainability disclosure framework. From next year, companies that align with the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) will be monitored by, and required…
Recorded Webinar: Multi-cloud environments – How to maximise data value while keeping on the right side of privacy and security
Multi-cloud environments have much to offer beyond single-vendor cloud setups, including the benefits of access to a variety of best-in-class cloud solutions, opportunities for price optimisation, greater flexibility and scalability, better risk management, and crucially, increased performance and availability. On the downside, multiple cloud vendors in a technology stack can cause complexity, more vulnerabilities, and…
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…
Informatica Wades into Privacy Segment with Privitar Acquisition
Informatica’s agreed purchase of privacy specialist Privitar signals its intent to extend the data access management, privacy and governance capabilities integrated in its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC). Privitar was founded in 2014 to help organisations address issues raised by the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other privacy-related rules and guidelines. Today, Privitar…
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…