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Investment Banks Can’t Afford Not to MIND the Front Office Risk GAP

By Oliver Blower, CEO of VoxSmart. A phrase heard by so many only to be listened to by so few. “Mind the gap”, synonymous with the mundane morning commuter grind, currently takes on a far greater significance for City traders travelling to work. Not dissimilar to the cost conundrum facing the rail industry recently, when…

Are You Ready for the Tide to Change for Compliant Communications?

By Jennie Clarke, Senior Manager at Global Relay, the electronic communications compliance specialists. Regulatory obligation and guidance surrounding the capture, monitoring and surveillance of digital communication channels is far-reaching and increasingly robust. The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Handbook SYSC 10A, for example, requires firms to “take all reasonable steps to record telephone conversations, and keep…

2023 – the Year Liquidity Risk Management Focuses on Collateral Squeeze

Jo Burnham, Risk and Margining SME, OpenGamma. Liquidity Risk Management 2023 is likely to see a real focus on the collateral squeeze. There are many factors that will be making it harder to source the collateral needed to cover margin requirements. The EU pension fund exemption will expire in 2023, meaning they will be subject…

Etrading Software Secures Significant Investment from LDC

LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has made a multi-million pound investment in Etrading Software, the London-based capital markets technology company specialising in the provision of market and reference data. LDC’s investment, the first external funding for Etrading Software, will enable the company to continue growing its range of technology-enabled services and…

Preparing for DORA, the Digital Operational Resilience Act

On 28th November 2022, the European Council formally adopted the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), new legislation designed to strengthen the IT security of financial entities such as banks, insurance companies and investment firms. Originally proposed in September 2020 as part of a larger European digital finance package, DORA’s recent adoption by the EC is…

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…

DTCC Launches Report Hub Service

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade market infrastructure organisation, has launched DTCC Report Hub’s assisted reporting model, allowing sell-side firms to help their buy-side clients manage the complexities of meeting multiple regulatory reporting mandates across jurisdictions and asset classes. The solution enables sell-side firm to submit trade details for their underlying clients,…

Liquidity Risk Spotlight: Increased Regulatory Scrutiny is Our Biggest Threat

Damian Handzy, Managing Director for Performance, Risk and Analytics at Confluence. Inflation and interest rate spikes, the likes of which we haven’t seen in a generation, can cause serious market dislocations and liquidity crunches. Regulators around the world have taken notice. The increasing pressure of regulatory requirements around liquidity risk demands a more precise and…

EuroCCP Rebrands to Cboe Clear Europe

Pan-European clearing house EuroCCP, which was acquired by Cboe Global Markets in July 2020, has rebranded to Cboe Clear Europe with immediate effect. Under Cboe’s ownership, Cboe Clear Europe has enhanced its position as a leading pan-European cash equities clearing house, as well as diversifying into equity derivatives following the launch of Cboe’s pan-European derivatives…

SS&C Partners with Coinbase to Offer Front-to-Back Crypto Management Solution

SS&C Eze has partnered with Coinbase to offer clients access to Coinbase Prime, an institutional platform for digital assets. Through the partnership, traders using Eze Investment Suite can manage their crypto trading processes in one place, from pre-trade compliance to custody. Coinbase Prime is an institutional platform providing secure custody, smart order routing, data &…