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Recorded Webinar: To be MiFID II or not to be? Approaches for 2018 and who is ready?
A candid review of the state of the market, which countries will transpose Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) on time and who will be ready to meet the compliance deadline of 3 January 2018? The webinar will provide valuable insights into how customers are addressing the challenges of MiFID II and what…
Two Months to MiFID II: Are Financial Institutions at Risk of Eating Their Data Soup with a Fork?
By: Roy Kirby, senior product manager, SIX Financial Information Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) is just around the corner, and one issue that may have escaped firms’ attention is the practical consideration of how to exchange data with other market players. Come January, manufacturers will be faced with the challenge of working…
Sponsored Blog: Ullink’s Richard Bentley Discusses the Shifting Balance Between High-Touch and Low-Touch Trading Technology
As global trading markets continue to evolve, moving from high-touch to low-touch trading solutions and beginning to benefit from hybrid products, we caught up with Ullink chief product officer, Richard Bentley, to talk about his take on market direction, the rise of managed services, and the products firms need to implement to keep pace with…
A-Team Group Reveals Winners of Inaugural RegTech Awards
The winners of A-Team Group’s inaugural RegTech Awards have been revealed, with winning solution and service providers named across categories from best data management solution for regulatory compliance to best innovative solutions for specific regulations, best reference data for regulatory compliance, best trade surveillance solution, best voice and mobile messaging solution, and the most innovative…
Marlin Puts Asset Control on the Block with £100 million Price Tag
Asset Control is up for sale, with owner Marlin Equity Partners looking to sell to another private equity or venture capital company, according to individuals familiar with the proposed transaction. The asking price? An astonishing eight times EBITDA, or about £100 million, according to these individuals. Marlin is believed to have paid less than £20…
After the Flood: GDPR and the Need for Digital Governance
By Rafael Bloom, director at change management consultancy Salvatore Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are landmark pieces of legislation in their own right – but there is one overarching phenomenon that explains the need for these and other such regulations that are springing up across industry…
Recorded Webinar: MiFID II: Meeting the Requirement for Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs)
The deadline for compliance with Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) is looming, requiring firms within the scope of the regulation to ensure they have Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) in place for all the clients, counterparties and issuers they deal with. As the industry mantra goes, No LEI, No Trade. This webinar will…
A RegTech Solution to Record Management and Archiving
Yaron Naor, vice president and general manager, Americas, at Arkivum will present the company’s regtech record management and archiving solution based on open source and proprietary technologies at this week’s A-Team Group RegTech Summit for Capital Markets in New York. We caught up with Naor before the event to find out a little about Arkivum’s…
Recorded Webinar: Making the most of data management utilities
The potential benefits of using a data management utility include improved data accuracy, quality, consistency and timeliness – as well as the possibility to reduce costs. Considering these benefits, which play well into regulatory compliance, how can they be maximised and how could your organisation make the most of working with a data management utility?…
Recorded Webinar: MiFID II: The Critical Need for a Strong Security Master to Meet Compliance
Financial services firms are racing to meet the January 3, 2018 deadline for the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II), perhaps the most profound regulatory overhaul of European financial markets for a generation. At the heart of MiFID II’s complex and far reaching investor protection and transparency measures is the need for…