The billion-dollar data reckoning question: How can your trade surveillance team avoid the next nine-figure fine?

For financial institutions today, trade surveillance has evolved beyond just meeting regulatory checklists—it’s a fundamental test of data integrity that demands a re-engineering of entire data management and governance frameworks. With regulators levying existential fines for incomplete or flawed data, every transaction, venue and product must be accounted for with precision.

How will this relentless focus on data reshape the roles of surveillance teams, the expectations on vendors and the strategies of compliance functions? And, as technology advances, can firms keep pace with the escalating regulatory demands—or risk being left behind?