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Broadridge Acquires to Extend Regulatory Reporting Offer
Broadridge Financial Solutions has extended its regulatory reporting offer for asset managers with the acquisition of certain private fund regulatory reporting capabilities from PivotData, a data warehouse and compliance reporting solutions platform for the investment community, and its partner Sol Hedge. PivotData and Sol Hedge’s proprietary data transformation, normalisation and load processes, as well as…
IHS Markit and AcadiaSoft Offer Compliance with Incoming Initial Margin Rules
IHS Markit and AcadiaSoft have responded to ongoing extension of initial margin rules for non-cleared derivatives through an alliance that brings together the former’s information and analytics capabilities, and the latter’s specialism in margin automation solutions. The initial margin requirement for non-cleared derivatives was introduced in 2016, with increasing numbers of entities required to meet…
RegTek.Solutions Hires ex-IHS Markit Exec Chris Cornish to Strengthen SFTR team
RegTek.Solutions has hired Chris Cornish as a consultant business analyst based in London. He joins from IHS Markit where he was a senior business analyst and a Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR) specialist. He was previously at ICBC Standard Bank, where he worked on SFTR implementation. At RegTek.Solutions, Cornish will focus on Validate.Trade, a product…
Three Ways Artificial Intelligence Improves Compliance
By: Shira Rottner, Business Development Manager, Shield FC Artificial Intelligence (AI) is carving out a growing niche in regulatory compliance because AI and Machine Learning (ML) applications address common challenges and systematic issues that compliance officers face every day. Enterprise software applications that integrate AI can increase the efficiency and effectiveness of regulatory compliance programs…
Accuity Promotes David Wilson to Role of MD and CEO
Accuity has promoted David Wilson to the role of managing director and CEO with responsibility to deliver innovative solutions for payments, risk and compliance, develop strategic partnerships, and deliver high quality client service. He steps up to the role after 18 months as chief operating officer (COO) at the provider of financial crime compliance, payments…
Datactics Details 2019 Plans Including Public Cloud Solutions, a Sanctions Matching Engine and a Data Quality Clinic
Datactics has made plans for 2019 that will move selected solutions into the public cloud, extend implementation of innovative technologies, create a data quality clinic, and add a matching engine for sanctions screening to its open data projects. The company is also working with clients on data-quality-as-a-service. The company’s commitment to cloud technology, initially private…
Could MiFID II be the Unlikely Catalyst of AI Adoption in Capital Markets?
By: Terence Chabe, Business Development Manager, Colt Technology Services We are a year on from MiFID II coming into effect, and while the regulation hasn’t caused any of the more apocalyptic consequences predicted, it has transformed the day-to-day life of those working in capital markets. One key change is the vast amount of data firms…
Quantity vs. Quality: An Evolving Research Paradigm
A revolution is under way in how buy-side firms conceptualize value in the research they consume. However, sell-side houses may be behind the curve in recognizing this. Driving this change in perception among buy-side firms is the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II). Under MiFID II, buy-side firms have to pay for…
RegTech Market Worth $12.3bn by 2023, Says New Report
A new report from MarketsandMarkets suggests that the global regtech market could grow from USD 4.3 billion in 2018 to USD 12.3 billion by 2023, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 23.5%. Key drivers include the increased cost of compliance, adoption of regulatory sandbox approach, and low entry barriers for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based offerings….
Andreas Shneble Joins IDNow
Andreas Shneble has joined German KYC specialist IDNow as Head of Marketing. Based in Munich, IDNow combines AI, facial recognition and machine learning to deliver instant identity verification through its KYC platform, in compliance with EU-wide regulations. Schneble joins from Rocket Media House, an advisory firm he founded in 2016. He was previously Director of…