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Operational Resilience Testing for DORA with Fusion Risk Management

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), an EU regulation aimed at strengthening the IT security of financial entities is now ‘live’ and fully applicable as of January 17. This legislation mandates that financial institutions, including banks, insurance companies, and investment firms, ensure they can withstand, respond to, and recover from all types of Information and…

Nine DTCC Executive Predictions for Global Clearing and Settlement in 2025

As the new year gets into full-swing, nine Depository Trust Clearing Corporation (DTCC) executives share their insights on the evolving landscape of market infrastructure, regulations and technology in the global post-trade clearing and settlement industry. Their outlook focuses on the key themes of innovation, resilience, and agility in response to regulatory dynamics. Navigating an Uncertain…

Transforming Compliance: Key Takeaways from the RegTech Summit Panel on GenAI and LLMs

A deep dive on Generative AI (GenAI) in compliance was the focus of the first panel session at the recent A-Team Group RegTech Summit in New York. The panel comprised Erin Preston, Chief Compliance Officer, Wedbush Securities; Harsh Pandya, Vice President, Product Management, Saifr; Brandon Carl, EVP, Product Strategy, Smarsh; and Rachna Srivastava, Head of…

ACA Updates ESG Platform with Greater Private Market Capabilities

Governance, risk and compliance advisory firm ACA Group has updated its ESG data management platform to provide more flexibility to its private investment clients. The New York-based company has retooled the ACA Vantage for ESG platform it launched in 2022 after acquiring ESG data specialist Ethos. The new iteration enables greater configuration of data and…

A-Team Group Names RegTech Insight – USA 2024 Award Winners

You have all voted and the results are in – A-Team Group has announced the winners of its RegTech Insight Awards – USA 2024. The awards acknowledge leading RegTech solutions, services and consultancy to capital markets participants across the USA, and the winners were  named following the company’s 8th annual RegTech Summit in New York…

DTCC’s Enhanced VaR Calculator for Potential Cross-Margin Reductions

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has updated its Value at Risk (VaR) calculator to include cross-margining and repo transaction functionalities, aimed at improving firms’ risk management capabilities ahead of expanded U.S. Treasury clearing requirements expected in 2025 and 2026. These enhancements, introduced through the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation’s (FICC) Government Securities Division (GSD),…

FinScan Boosts pKYC with Identity Validation, Adverse Media Screening and Risk Scoring

Innovative Systems’ FinScan AML Compliance solution has rolled out new perpetual KYC (pKYC) capabilities to bolster financial institutions’ ability manage evolving regulatory challenges and combat financial crime. The new enhancements include identity document validation, adverse media screening, and dynamic risk scoring, providing a more proactive approach to managing customer risk in a fast-changing environment. “The…

STP Differentiates Investment Services with ComplianceAdvisor for Buy-Side Firms

STP Investment Services has introduced STP ComplianceAdvisor, a new practice aimed at providing comprehensive compliance solutions for investment firms. This expansion leverages STP’s existing expertise in technology-enabled investment servicing to address the growing demand for compliance assistance among its investment advisory clients. STP ComplianceAdvisor also expands the company’s technological capabilities. The new team will leverage…

ISDA Ops by Validus: Streamlining ATE and CSA Threshold Complexity

Validus Risk Management recently launched ISDA Ops, an advanced platform that simplifies the complex task of managing ISDA Additional Termination Events (ATEs) and Credit Support Annex (CSA) thresholds. By automating calculations and real-time monitoring, ISDA Ops addresses the intricate challenges financial institutions face with customized terms and vast data volumes, enhancing efficiency and reducing operational…

Regulatory Data Handbook 2024 – Twelfth Edition

Welcome to the twelfth edition of A-Team Group’s Regulatory Data Handbook, a unique and useful guide to capital markets regulation, regulatory change and the data and data management requirements of compliance. The handbook covers regulation in Europe, the UK, US and Asia-Pacific. This edition of the handbook includes a detailed review of acts, plans and…