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ACA Insights from FCA 2024 STORS Report (Insider Dealing Dominates)
In March, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its annual breakdown of suspicious transaction and order reports (STORs) filed during 2024. The headline figure – 4,528 STORs received – reflects continued vigilance in monitoring for potential market abuse. While the volume remains largely consistent with previous years, the detailed breakdown offers valuable insights for…
Upcoming Webinar: Managing Off-Channel Communications Compliance
The proliferation of unmonitored communication channels—ranging from personal messaging apps to embedded chat functions in trading platforms—has introduced significant compliance challenges for capital markets firms. Regulatory bodies including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) have intensified their scrutiny, emphasizing the necessity for firms to maintain comprehensive records of…
Data Hurdles, Expertise Loss Hampering BCBS 239 Compliance
A combination of data management hurdles, talent shortages and poor succession planning are bedevilling banks as they struggle to respond to a long-standing risk data aggregation directive – even after repeated European Central Bank (ECB) criticism of their compliance shortfalls. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s Principles for effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting…
November 2025 Deadline for ISO 20022: Are We Ready?
Global payment networks are undergoing a fundamental transformation as the financial industry transitions to ISO 20022 – a structured messaging standard designed to replace legacy formats and drive interoperability. In capital markets and treasury operations, this shift is most evident in the SWIFT cross-border payments network and high-value systems like the U.S. Fedwire. SWIFT’s Cross-Border…
SIX Rolls Out Data Service to Help Institutions Navigate Digital Asset Rules
Swiss based financial services and market infrastructure provider SIX Group as introduced a new data package designed to help financial institutions better understand their exposure to digital assets amid a rapidly changing regulatory landscape. The Digital Assets Regulatory and Tax Service provides a consolidated view of evolving obligations, aiming to support compliance efforts as digital…
FinCEN Trims CTA with Interim Rule
On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule that significantly alters the reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). This rule exempts U.S.-based entities, previously classified as “domestic reporting companies,” from the obligation to report beneficial ownership information (BOI) to FinCEN. Consequently, these domestic entities are no…
Modern Data Landscape Comes Under Scrutiny at Data Management Summit London
From data products and marketplaces to the new challenges of regulatory compliance and the latest thinking on unstructured data, A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit London 2025 took in the full breadth of topics that chief data officers and their teams are dealing with daily. With a line up of C-suite executives and expert speakers from…
Recorded Webinar: Detecting and preventing market abuse
Market abuse – unlawful disclosure of inside information, insider trading, circular trading, “pump and dump” schemes, etc. – poses significant threats to the integrity of capital markets. In 2024, global trading house Trafigura agreed to pay a $55 million fine to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for trading with non-public information, manipulating a…
STP LaunchAdvisor Combines Fund Admin and Compliance for New and Emerging Funds
STP Investment Services has released STP LaunchAdvisor, a bundled service aimed at helping emerging hedge fund and private equity managers navigate operational and regulatory complexities. The solution integrates fund administration and compliance into a single offering, reducing the need for multiple service providers and streamlining essential processes. STP LaunchAdvisor is designed to create efficiencies by…
Oracle Adds Agentic AI to Investigation Hub for Financial Crime
Oracle Financial Services has added a broad set of agentic AI capabilities to its Investigation Hub Cloud Service, aimed at helping financial institutions automate parts of their investigative workflow and reduce manual effort when tackling financial crime. The new AI agents are designed to assist investigators by gathering evidence, surfacing key insights, and generating detailed…