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Understanding Reticence for AI in Compliance: Interview with Strategic Risk Advisor, Jon Elvin
The Saifr sponsored whitepaper—From Caution to Action: How Advisory Firms are Integrating AI in Compliance—published in November, explored a number of key themes surrounding the adoption of generative AI (GenAI) enabled technologies for compliance by advisors and wealth management companies. We recently covered the theme of in-house versus vendor supplied solutions in an interview with…
Operational Resilience Testing for DORA with Fusion Risk Management
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), an EU regulation aimed at strengthening the IT security of financial entities is now ‘live’ and fully applicable as of January 17. This legislation mandates that financial institutions, including banks, insurance companies, and investment firms, ensure they can withstand, respond to, and recover from all types of Information and…
GenAI in Compliance, Buy vs. Build: Interview with Saifr CEO Vall Herard
The Saifr sponsored whitepaper – From Caution to Action: How Advisory Firms are Integrating AI in Compliance – published in November, explored a number of key themes surrounding the adoption of generative AI (GenAI) enabled technologies for compliance by advisors and wealth management companies. One theme examined survey participants attitudes regarding vender supplied versus in-house built…
Video: MCO’s Avni Katechia Discusses Proactive Approaches to Regulatory Change Management Challenges
In this video, Avni Katechia, Senior Solutions Consultant at MyComplianceOffice (MCO), discusses the evolving challenges of regulatory change management and how firms are adapting their compliance strategies to meet increasing demands. She highlights the complexities of managing regulatory obligations across multiple jurisdictions, the growing focus on data protection regulations such as GDPR and CCPA, and…
FinScan Data Quality Chief Seeks to End Compliance Failure Excuses
The dog ate my homework. The train was delayed. The postman mislaid your birthday card. At one time or another, we’ve all used a weak excuse to forestall censure for an error of behaviour or judgement. And mostly, we’ve got away with it. In financial regulatory compliance, however, excuses won’t wash. Especially when it comes…
GLEIF Begins a New Decade in Growth Mode
The Global Legal Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) enters its second decade this month with its novel system of identifiers for everything from companies and their financial instruments to real assets fast becoming a global standard. While the next five years are expected to see yet more entities join the GLEIF’s open data project, the organisation’s immediate…
SEC Penalizes Twelve Firms for Recordkeeping Lapses, Totalling $63 Million in Fines
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has imposed more than $63 million in combined penalties on nine investment advisers and three broker-dealers for failing to properly maintain and preserve required electronic communications. One of the firms received leniency for self-reporting, incurring a substantially reduced penalty. According to SEC findings, the firms and their personnel…
Nine DTCC Executive Predictions for Global Clearing and Settlement in 2025
As the new year gets into full-swing, nine Depository Trust Clearing Corporation (DTCC) executives share their insights on the evolving landscape of market infrastructure, regulations and technology in the global post-trade clearing and settlement industry. Their outlook focuses on the key themes of innovation, resilience, and agility in response to regulatory dynamics. Navigating an Uncertain…
Financial Services Regulation and Compliance: Five Trends for 2025
Matt Lonsdale, Director – Consulting, Davies 2025 is going to bring some big changes to financial services firms, in terms of regulation and compliance. Here are our top five trends to look out for: Consumer Duty – a continued focus Consumer Duty was a dominant topic for many firms in 2024 and it’s here to…
Addressing Financial Crime and AML with RegTech: Insights from the RegTech Summit 2024
Since the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) was enacted 54 years ago to prevent and detect money laundering and terrorist financing, the compliance obligation has evolved from a basic reporting requirement into a highly complex and continually evolving anti-money laundering (AML) regime. An expert panel at A-Team Group’s RegTech Summit (NYC) in November convened to evaluate…