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Market Abuse Regulation – How to Detect and Analyse Abusive Market Transactions

A clear understanding of the business, frequent risk assessments, staff training, and a suitable surveillance system are key to compliance with Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and its equivalences. So too, are governance, board level responsibility, and a strong compliance culture across the organisation. These are just some of the findings from a recent webinar hosted…

Recorded Webinar: Market Abuse Regulation: How to Detect and Analyse Abusive Market Transactions

Market abuse is a potential problem for many financial institutions. It typically covers insider dealing, unlawful disclosure of inside information, and market manipulation, and is often difficult to detect and report in line with regulations such as Market Abuse Regulation – or MAR, and its UK equivalent. While compliance with MAR is a challenge, non-compliance…

RepRisk Makes ESG Data Accessible from Snowflake Marketplace

RepRisk’s ESG risk data is now available on Snowflake Marketplace, giving sustainable market professionals easy access to the Swiss company’s content without having to adapt their internal processes. Through Snowflake’s platform, RepRisk says customers can be assured of data security, scalability, assessment and governance. Its data is collated from sources other than corporate self-disclosures to…

ISS ESG Provides US Cyber Risks Visibility for Sustainability Investors

ESG investors are now able to monitor companies’ cyber risks through a new service provided by ISS ESG. The ISS ESG US Cyber Risk Index offers clients visibility into which corporates face the highest risk of digital intrusion based on their cyber security provisions. ISS ESG, the sustainable investment unit of Institutional Shareholder Services, said…

International Financial Tremors Test the Robustness of the EU’s Regulatory Framework

A-Team Group recently met up with EU financial services regulatory expert, David Doyle, to get his take on the turmoil in financial markets and its impact on financial institutions. In particular, we covered the likely ramifications of recent cross-Atlantic events on EU regulatory developments in Brussels and Frankfurt. In light of the collapse of a…

A-Team Group Names Winners of Innovation Awards 2023

A-Team Group has named the winners of its prestigious Innovation Awards 2023. The awards, now in their third year, celebrate innovative projects and teams across vendor and practitioner communities that make use of new and emerging technologies to deliver high-value solutions for financial institutions in capital markets. This year’s platinum award winners include Moody’s Analytics…

Firms Need a Robust Technology Framework to Manage the Challenges of Market Abuse

By James Causton, Regulatory Sales Consultant, and Darren Lawrence, Compliance Sales Specialist, at SIX. In recent months, the FCA has fined several firms with regards to breaches of market abuse regulation. The increasing focus of the UK’s FCA and other national competent authorities in the EU demonstrate a coordinated focus on improving standards and operational…

Solidatus and Corlytics Map Regulatory Content to Company Processes, Policies, Systems and Controls

Solidatus, provider of a data management solution that allows organisations to connect and visualise data relationships, and Corlytics, a supplier of regulatory risk intelligence that combines innovative technology with legal and industry expertise, have partnered to offer customers of both companies the ability to map regulations from across the globe to their data estates and…

Droit Raises $23 Million Funding to Further Develop Consensus-Driven Regulatory Compliance

Droit, provider of the Adept platform that offers consensus-driven regulatory compliance and decision making in real-time as to which interactions are legally permissible across the globe, has closed a $23 million Series B investment in its latest funding round. The investment will be used to expand into wealth management through the development of new products…

Why Data Is at The Heart of Navigating Global Regulatory Divergence

Volker Lainer, VP, Product Management and Regulatory Affairs at GoldenSource. The role of data in financial markets is constantly evolving to fit with trading trends and constant advancements in technology. Back in 2022, we saw new requirements come into force under MiFID II for banks and investment firms to integrate sustainability into their suitability assessments…