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FCA Authorises Bloomberg Index Services as a Regulated Benchmark Administrator
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has authorised Bloomberg Index Services Limited (BISL) as a regulated UK benchmark administrator under the European Union Benchmark Regulation. BISL has conducted index administration since 2014, including serving as the administrator of the Bloomberg Barclays fixed income indices. In addition, it administers the Bloomberg Commodity Index, the UBS Bloomberg…
EBA to Prioritise AML in 2020 Work Programme, ESMA to Focus on EMIR 2.2
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has released its Work Programme for 2020, with a focus on prioritising anti-money laundering (AML) regulations, moving towards an integrated EU data hub, and delivering the new ‘Basel IV’ banking package. The authority plans to work “intensively” on the mandates from the Risk Reduction Measures (RRM) package with a view…
TISA’s MiFID II Technical Solution Gathers Pace, Vendor to be Confirmed by November
TISA, the investing and saving membership alliance, has reported a high-quality response from suppliers to its Request for Information phase towards developing an industry-sponsored technical solution for MiFID II reporting. Part of TISA’s MiFID II Costs & Charges and Target Market reporting project, which is setting standards and developing a governance framework, the technical solution…
EU Considers Including FX Spot Trading Under MAR
The European Commission (EC) is reportedly considering a move to bring foreign exchange spot trading in scope of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR). As part of a regulatory review, the EC has asked ESMA to consult with the industry on whether FX spot transactions should fall under the three-year old market abuse rules. The consultation,…
Moody’s Analytics Upgrades RiskAuthority Solution to Help Banks Address Final Basel III Rules
Financial intelligence provider Moody’s Analytics has added extra functionality to its RiskAuthority solution to help banks prepare for the final Basel III regulatory framework. The new features are designed to address a number of changes in the final Basel rules, including calculations for Credit Risk, the standardized approach for measuring Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR), and…
Standard Charted Bank Launches Bearing Point Tax Solution
BearingPoint RegTech has confirmed that Standard Chartered Bank has successfully deployed the tax reporting solution FiTAX to fulfill its global reporting obligations. These include CRS (Common Reporting Standard), FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) and QI (Qualified Intermediaries) reporting.
ACA Compliance Opens New Office in Birmingham
GRC tech specialist ACA Compliance has expanded its European presence with an office in Birmingham, UK. Key to the services offered from the new location will be ACA’s Analysis and Review Centre (ARC). The ARC helps to reduce the workload of Chief Compliance Officers (CCOs) and in-house compliance teams by allowing them to pass on…
A Dive Into the Detail of Sourcing and Managing Data for FRTB
There is no silver bullet for compliance with the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB). The data sourcing and management requirements of the regulation are among the most difficult that capital markets participants have ever faced, the cost of implementation can be crippling, and the January 2022 compliance deadline has been finalised. So, how…
Industry Collaboration on RegTech Could Ease Challenges of Adoption
RegTech adoption is challenged by firms having no time for new initiatives, integration problems with legacy systems, and the risk of investing in solutions that aren’t fully proven – but there are upsides to the technology and its acceptance could be accelerated by a vendor checklist of what is required from a RegTech provider and…
FCA Sets Out Latest Expectations for Firms on Brexit
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is hustling to keep up with the ever-changing goalposts of the UK’s departure from the EU – and with the political landscape shifting day to day, that is no easy task. In a bid to clarify requirements and calm understandable nerves within the industry, the regulator has issued new…