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Recorded Webinar: Embracing cloud in your firm’s regulatory response
Regulatory compliance is a key function for financial institutions. It is also a huge burden in terms of time, data management, systems resources, manual intervention, and reporting. As financial firms progress digital transformation programmes, is it time to move regulatory reporting to the cloud with a view to improved efficiency, reduced costs and better business…
ACA Completes Foreside Merger to Form One of Largest GRC Platforms
GRC platform operator ACA Group has completed its merger with Foreside Financial Group, creating one of the world’s most extensive governance, risk and compliance offerings. The merger combines ACA’s regulatory compliance, cybersecurity, ESG and performance capabilities with Foreside’s distribution and broker-dealer capabilities to create a one-stop shop for investment firms. ACA’s business model involves supplementing its…
Firms Turning to Voice Transcription to Address Regulatory Scrutiny
Demand for voice transcription services from surveillance professionals at financial institutions is at record highs, according to analysis from compliance data and technology specialist SteelEye. Firms are seeking voice-to-text solutions for calls on fixed-line, mobile, MS Teams, Zoom, WhatsApp, and other communications mechanisms as part of to their surveillance programmes. SteelEye analyzed all Requests for…
Recorded Webinar: Adding value and improving efficiencies in sanctions screening
Sanctions have been headline news this year. They are growing in number, sanctions lists are changing on a daily basis, and there can be conflict between sanctions issued by different jurisdictions – the whole calling for financial institutions to optimise sanctions screening to reduce risk and avoid potentially punitive penalties of non-compliance. This webinar will…
ESG Data Handbook 2022
The ESG landscape is changing faster than anyone could have imagined even five years ago. With tens of trillions of dollars expected to have been committed to sustainable assets by the end of the decade, it’s never been more important for financial institutions of all sizes to stay abreast of changes in the ESG data…
Recorded Webinar: Modernising Data Infrastructures: Challenges and opportunities of managing complex financial data and analytics in hybrid and multi-cloud environments
As they forge ahead with their digital transformation programs, financial institutions are finding that the internal platforms they use to manage complex data sets for trading, investment, risk, and compliance are no longer fit for purpose. The ongoing shift toward cloud hosting is forcing practitioners to manage the transition from deeply entrenched legacy platforms to…
MCO Closes Acquisition of Schwab Compliance Technologies for Conduct Risk
Dublin-based conduct risk and compliance technology specialist MCO (MyComplianceOffice) has completed its acquisition of Schwab Compliance Technologies (SCT). The purchase – for an undisclosed sum – adds the ability to monitor employees’ trading activities to MCO’s product line and brings its client base to more than 1,300 firms globally. SCT – which started life as Compliance11 Inc….
Citi, State Street Join FundGuard Platform as Part of $40 Million Funding
Citi and State Street Corp. have joined existing investors in FundGuard’s $40 million Series B funding round, becoming strategic partners in the company’s bid to establish a SaaS-based investment management and asset services platform. With ‘anchor tenants’ Citi and State Street on board, FundGuard is now launching efforts to add more specialised providers of capabilities…
What is Digital Transformation and How Do You Get it Right?
While financial institutions are grasping the opportunities offered by the digital transformation of their activities, a number of impediments are hampering some from extending the strategy to their operations teams in the back office. A stubborn corporate culture, fear of change and a lack of planning are just some of the challenges cited by industry…
The Best Conduct Risk Solution Providers
Following many well publicised misconduct issues within financial services, there is now a regulatory spotlight on the issue of conduct risk (in addition to all the fines) in an effort to help rebuild trust and support future growth. The FCA broadly defines conduct risk as ‘any action of a regulated firm or individual that leads…