MiFID II was designed to increase market transparency and improve investor protection. So, how is it doing nine months in, what challenges remain – and there are plenty, and what are the positive outcomes for firms within its scope and the industry as a whole?
You can find out the answers to these questions and more by listening to this podcast of a panel discussion on developing sustainable MiFID II compliance at A-Team Group’s recent RegTech Summit in London.
As rising geopolitical uncertainty prompts an intensification in the complexity and volume of global economic and financial sanctions, banks and financial institutions are faced with a daunting set of new compliance challenges. The risk of inadvertently engaging with sanctioned securities has never been higher and the penalties for doing so are harsh. Traditional sanctions screening...
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), together with the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), recently issued new guidance clarifying how financial institutions should approach the filing of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), see Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Suspicious Activity...
Buy AND Build: The Future of Capital Markets Technology London examines the latest changes and innovations in trading technology and explores how technology is being deployed to create an edge in sell side and buy side capital markets financial institutions.
After initial hesitancy, interest in digital assets from institutional market participants has grown over the past three to four years. Early focus inevitably centred on the market opportunities presented by bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. But this has evolved into a broad acceptance of a potentially meaningful role for digital assets in institutional markets. It’s now...
