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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…
Recorded Webinar: New solutions to the old problems of compliance with communications surveillance regulation
Communications surveillance is an integral element of trading at financial institutions, and its functions are clearly set out in jurisdictional regulations – to capture, record and retain all communications. Essentially, all business related communications must be recorded whatever the underlying mechanism – be it a work phone, personal mobile phone, text, video and so on…
RegTech Can Help Solve ESG Data Management and Trust Challenges
As demand for data grows with the acceptance of ESG as a critical part of financial institutions’ business and regulatory activities, focus will intensify on the quality of that information. Asset managers and owners will want the cleanest, most relevant and most comprehensive datasets to identify investment opportunities and risks and to comply with the…
A-Team Group Names Winners of Inaugural RegTech Insight Awards – APAC 2022
Congratulations to the winners of A-Team Group’s inaugural RegTech Insight Awards – APAC 2022. The awards were presented by Andrew Delaney, President and Chief Content Officer at A-Team Group during a drinks reception following A-Team Group’s RegTech Summit APAC in Singapore on 29 November 2022. The RegTech Insight Awards recognise both established solution providers and…
Sell-Side Firms Help Buy-Side Clients Meet Reporting Obligations with DTCC Report Hub
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has released Report Hub, an assisted reporting model designed to allow sell-side firms to help buy-side clients with regulatory reporting mandates across 14 jurisdictions. Sell-side firms including prime brokers and clearing brokers can use Report Hub to provide required counterparty trade data to buy-side clients that also use…
A-Team Group Names Winners of RegTech Insight Awards – USA 2022
Congratulations to the winners of A-Team Group’s RegTech Insight Awards – USA 2022. The awards were presented by Sarah Underwood, Editor, A-Team Group during a lively drinks reception following A-Team Group’s RegTech Summit New York on 16 November 2022. The RegTech Insight Awards recognise both established solution providers and innovative newcomers providing RegTech solutions that…