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ACA Group Introduces a New Framework to Strengthen Buy-Side Market Abuse Controls
Amid growing regulatory pressure and heightened investor scrutiny, ACA Group has unveiled a new Market Abuse Risk Framework aimed at helping UK and European buy-side firms identify, manage, and monitor market abuse risks across trading activities. The initiative arrives as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) steps up enforcement with a five-year strategy that prioritises market…
Eventus Unveils Frank AI to Bring Conversational Intelligence to Trade Surveillance
Eventus, the trade surveillance and financial risk solutions provider, today launched Frank AI, a new artificial intelligence platform designed to transform how compliance teams interact with surveillance data. The new tool embeds generative AI into Eventus’s Validus platform, allowing even non-technical users to conduct complex data investigations using conversational English. The launch addresses a persistent…
From Batch to Real-Time: LSEG Reinvents AML Screening with World-Check On Demand
As financial institutions accelerate toward real-time payments and digital onboarding, compliance teams face mounting pressure to keep customer screening instant, accurate and demonstrable. In response, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has introduced World-Check On Demand – a new cloud-based service designed to deliver “real-time risk intelligence” through API integration, allowing institutions to embed sanctions…
From e-Comms to AI Validation: Key Findings from ACA’s IMCT Survey 2025
Artificial intelligence has risen to the top of compliance priorities according to the 2025 Investment Management Compliance Testing (IMCT) Survey by the Investment Advisor Association (IAA), ACA Group and Yuter Compliance Consulting. Based on responses from 577 adviser firms, AI usage ranks as the year’s “hottest” topic (57%), ahead of AML readiness (41%) and cybersecurity…
Behavox’s Case for Explainable AI in Compliance – Trust, not Magic
When compliance teams hear “AI,” enthusiasm is often tempered by unease. The promise of automation is tempered by the reality of black-box models, hallucinations, privacy risks, and the nagging question of whether the technology will meet regulators expectations. Behavox, a Montreal- and London-based RegTech, is seeking to bridge that trust gap with its latest release:…
Social Media-Linked Surveillance by Deutsche Börse, Scila and Stockpulse
Deutsche Börse has expanded its market surveillance capabilities by incorporating social media intelligence into its Scila powered surveillance platform. The move reflects a growing recognition of the role social media plays in market dynamics and the risks it presents for manipulation and misinformation. The integration, delivered through a collaboration between Scila and German analytics specialist…
Symphony and the Future of Market Communications: T+1, DORA, and Deepfake Defence
In May 2024, the U.S. capital markets made the long-awaited transition to T+1 settlement, with RegTech company Symphony playing a quiet but pivotal role. The integration of its platform with DTCC’s Central Trade Manager (CTM) gave firms the ability to resolve trade contract breaks in real time, reducing the risk of settlement failure. “The DTCC,…
Shield and PwC Partner on Communications Surveillance
Shield and PwC UK have joined forces to help financial institutions modernise their approach to monitoring digital communications. The collaboration combines Shield’s AI-first platform for governance and archiving with PwC’s experience in surveillance delivery, compliance, and programme execution. The initiative is aimed at enabling firms to adopt more proactive and scalable risk management. By uniting…
Ascent Joins Acuity to Boost AI-Led Digital Transformation Capabilities
Acuity Knowledge Partners has agreed to acquire Ascent, a European provider of AI-powered digital transformation services, in a deal due to close at the end of September 2025. The move is set to expand Acuity’s Data and Technology Services (DTS) division, strengthening its technology and AI-led solutions. Ascent brings a team of 550 specialists in…
FCA AI Update 2025: How the Regulator is Embedding AI Oversight into UK Financial Rules
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has now issued its AI Update (2025), a significant step in its regulatory journey. It builds on the 2022 Discussion Paper on AI and Machine Learning (DP22/4), which set out early questions about AI’s transformative potential and the risks it introduces. Three years on, the FCA’s position has sharpened:…