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Leaving Money on the Table: Busting the Myths of North American Securities Class Action Claims for European Investors
North American securities class actions, particularly within the United States, represent one of the most developed frameworks globally for shareholder redress. Operating on an opt-out basis, this passive participation model automatically includes eligible investors, including those based in Europe, allowing them to obtain compensation without initiating litigation. Despite the fact that billions of dollars are…
Inside the FCA’s Data Factory: How the Regulator Is Re-Composing MiFID, EMIR and SFTR Reporting for a New Era
When the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) talks about innovation in financial markets, it is often interpreted as guidance for firms and RegTech providers. But one of the lesser-recognised realities – made clear in its recent speech on innovation and human expertise – is that the FCA is itself one of the country’s largest consumers of…
How GenAI Is Reshaping Surveillance and Screening: Practical Takeaways for Compliance Leaders
The rapid expansion of Generative AI across financial institutions is often described in terms of technological capability, model performance, and data scale. But for compliance leaders, the more meaningful shift is organisational and operational. The recent A-Team Group webinar on GenAI and LLM case studies for surveillance, screening and scanning brought this into sharp focus….
Complex Sanctions Environment Demands Powerful Screening Monitors: SIX Report
Sanctions screening technology has never been more important for financial institutions as new geopolitical and economic threats create the riskiest trading environment in recent history. That is the key finding of a new report, that highlights the need for greater resilience among organisations to the raised threat level faced by the global financial system. In…
Dispelling Myths About North American Securities Class Actions
Securities class actions serve an important role in protecting and enhancing shareholder value. However, recovering settlement proceeds can sometimes be overlooked due to the perceived complexity, limited resources, or lack of in-house expertise. In particular, North America has one of the most extensive and developed class action frameworks in the world. But despite the system…
Recorded Webinar: GenAI and LLM case studies for Surveillance, Screening and Scanning
As Generative AI (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) move from pilot to production, compliance, surveillance, and screening functions are seeing tangible results – and new risks. From trade surveillance to adverse media screening to policy and regulatory scanning, GenAI and LLMs promise to tackle complexity and volume at a scale never seen before. But…
Sanctions Screening Takes Centre Stage in Riskier New World: Webinar Review
Financial institutions are battling to comply with an increasingly complex and intense sanctions regulatory environment as they contend with “multi-dimensional exposures” across the globe, experts in a recent A-Team LIVE webinar said. Geopolitical tensions, economic conflict and rapidly advancing technological developments are posing new threats to national cohesion, economies and individuals, sparking a regulatory crack…
Redefining Digital Regulatory Reporting with CDM & DRR
Regulatory reporting is evolving from static data submissions to dynamic, process-driven compliance. At the core of this shift are the Common Domain Model (CDM) and Digital Regulatory Reporting (DRR), which together define a shared, machine-executable framework for how financial transactions are represented and reported. By standardising both data and process, they enable a consistent interpretation…
FinCEN Issues New Guidance on SARs : Less Box-Ticking, More Signal
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), together with the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), recently issued new guidance clarifying how financial institutions should approach the filing of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), see Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Suspicious Activity…
Recorded Webinar: Navigating a Complex World: Best Data Practices in Sanctions Screening
As rising geopolitical uncertainty prompts an intensification in the complexity and volume of global economic and financial sanctions, banks and financial institutions are faced with a daunting set of new compliance challenges. The risk of inadvertently engaging with sanctioned securities has never been higher and the penalties for doing so are harsh. Traditional sanctions screening…