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Recorded Webinar: Market Abuse: Trends and Issues to Watch Out for in 2023
With the FCA taking a supervisory approach to regulating firms, many regulatory interventions won’t end up in the public domain. What are they looking for and how do you ensure you stay on the right side of their supervision? Join this webinar with A-Team Group and Leaman Crellin to discover what you need to focus…
Derivatives Service Bureau Sets Start Date of UPI Service on 29 January 2024
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has set a start date for the Unique Product Identifier (UPI) service following publication of a CFTC designation order confirming the UPI will be required in recordkeeping and swap data reporting in the US from 29 January 2024. The DSB initially planned to go live with the UPI service in…
FINOS Promotes Industry Standards with Release of Common Domain Model
The Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS) has released a long-awaited Common Domain Model (CDM) designed to drive transparent and inclusive industry standards. The model is a result of cross-industry collaboration between FINOS, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), International Capital Market Association (ICMA), and International Securities Lending Association (ISLA). The CDM is integrated into…
Sikoia Secures $6 Million Funding to Accelerate Growth of Client Onboarding Platform
Sikoia, provider of a unified data platform for client onboarding and counterparty evaluation, has secured $6 million in seed funding, bringing total capital raised to over $8.3 million. The London-based company will use the funding to accelerate international expansion, extend the platform’s data coverage and workflow automation, and develop unique technology to help its clients…
Market Abuse Regulation and How Not to Fall Foul of the Rules
The messy collapse of once revered construction and professional services multinational Carillion in 2018 not only shook the City of London, but also offered powerful insight into authorities’ determination to stamp out market abuse. While the £845 million hole Carillion reported in its accounts was stunning, the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) response was just as…
Delivering on ESG Through the Cloud
By Shaun Hurst, Principal Regulatory Advisor for EMEA, Smarsh. ESG, the acronym that refers to the alignment of environmental, social, and governance performance and objectives with company practices and investor strategies, has evolved from being a ‘nice to have’ for companies and financial institutions to a concrete expectation. But with rising regulation, litigation and growing scrutiny…
EU Regulatory Priorities for 2023, According to our Brussels Insider
Higher Interest Rates, A Volatile Crypto-Asset Environment and the Growth of Opaque Non-Bank Institutions Challenge Central Banks and Regulators in the EU. These were the opening remarks of Dr. David Doyle, an EU financial services regulatory expert, and frequent speaker at A-Team Group conferences, when we met up with him early in the New Year…
LIBOR Transition: The Countdown Is On
Ian Sams, European Head of Product at TraditionDATA. Financial institutions and corporates have fewer than six months to get ready for one of the biggest changes to financial markets in history. On 30 June 2023, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) will cease publishing the London interbank overnight rate (LIBOR) dollar-denominated tenors. Market participants must move to alternative risk-free…
ESMA Recommends Digital Token Identifier for Pilot of Distributed Ledger Technology Regulation
ESMA has recommended use of the ISO standard Digital Token Identifier (DTI) for the pilot of its Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) regulatory regimen. DTIs are issued by the DTI Foundation, a non-profit division of Etrading Software, with a view to bringing standardisation to digital asset and crypto markets. The DLT pilot will apply from 23…
Predictions 2023: A Year of Evolution and Adaptation
By Ludovic Blanquet, Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer, Xceptor. As the curtains begin to draw on 2022, financial institutions are anxiously navigating the challenges imposed by war in Ukraine, rampant inflation, and looming recessions. If it was hoped the diminishing threat of Covid would offer some respite, that hope was short-lived. However, advancements were made…