Regulations
Burton Taylor: Sentiment Survey Predicts Positive Growth for 2017
The survey highlights pricing and reference data, valuations, risk and regulation-related spend as having the strongest sentiment for growth in spend.
Colchis, Alcova Tap AQMetrics for Risk, Reg Reporting
AQMetrics has added US investment management firm Colchis Capital Management and hedge fund Alcova Asset Management as clients of its Regulatory Risk and Compliance Software platform.
IHS Markit Launches Outreach360 for Mifid II Outreach and Repapering
The new platform will be available via the firm’s Counterparty Manager platform to address the need for documentation management.
Credit Agricole Singapore Employs AxiomSL’s Regulatory Data Solution
Investment bank will use the solution to comply with mandates under MAS 610 and MAS 649 required by the Singaporean central bank.
FCA Urges Buy Side to Make Assumptions on Mifid II Provisions
FCA speaker says regulators would punish firms that did nothing ahead of Mifid II, but not the ones that tried but failed.
‘Smart Data,’ Regulation Drive Buy-Side Content Needs, But Cost Is Main Concern
The need for “smart data” and new analytical tools that deliver trading advantages where other sources of alpha have dried up, along with the reporting and storage requirements of new regulations are placing increased demands on firms’ need to handle…
OCC Sued Over Fintech Firm Bank Charter Plan
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors claim the OCC has gone beyond its legal authority to determine what defines a bank.
Opus Opens Singapore Office to Meet Asia RegTech Needs
The vendor says regulators in Asia, such as the Monetary Authority of Singapore, are encouraging companies to enhance their risk management and compliance programs.
April 2017: The Regulation–Data Vicious Circle
Many data management initiatives are inspired by efficiency and best practices, but only become reality after regulatory involvement.
iMeta Taps JWG for Regulation Rule Sets
By integrating JWG's RegDelta platform, iMeta will be able to offer more details and interpretations of regulations to support client compliance and risk functions.
Bafin Opens Up About Electronic Whistleblower Platform
The German regulator discusses its recently launched platform through which financial markets employees can anonymously report regulatory abuses.
CJC Hires Industry Vets Clark, Cartledge, Humby
The trio will lead a new division at CJC focusing on regulation relating to banks' contributed price data.
Webinar: Making Enterprise Data Quality a Reality
In this webinar sponsored by Bloomberg, industry professionals examine the importance of defining the role of data governance in ensuring good data quality
Panelists: Get the Data Right Before Worrying About Next-Gen Technology
Buy-side firms are being pulled into two different directions by legacy applications and innovative new tools, noted panelists at this year's Asia-Pacific BST Summit.
Bracing for a RegTech Boom
With an unenviable raft of new regulation imminently coming into force, market participants anticipate a flurry of adoption of compliance-related technology, which is expected to prove lucrative for RegTech providers. Joanna Wright and Max Bowie talk to…
Irish Funds, Deloitte Complete Blockchain for Regulatory Reporting Proof-of-Concept
The two organizations developed their proof-of-concept, RegChain, with the participation of five major institutions.
BBVA Taps Wolters Kluwer for Liquidity Risk and Regulatory Reporting
The UK subsidiary of Spanish Bank BBVA has adopted Wolters Kluwer's OneSumX offering to meet its liquidity risk and reporting requirements.
Reg-Room Expands Regulatory Monitoring Tools
Reg-Impact builds on the vendor's existing Reg-Track tool for monitoring upcoming regulatory changes.
Rimes Panel Tackles Rising Data Management Costs
Cost, data quality and data management needs drive managed services debate.
APFIC 2014: Firms Must Focus on Data Integration to Meet Risk Regs
Banks have just over a year to address data integration challenges of Basel's new risk requirements
Compliance Through Crowd Computing -- Webcast
On June 25, Inside Reference Data hosted a webcast about how crowd computing can help financial institutions manage the requirements of new regulations by enabling them to combine automation tools, subject matter experts and online workers
Fatca: The End of the Beginning
Practitioners have spent many months preparing for key aspects of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act that come into effect this week. But few will be able to breathe a sigh of relief when the US anti-tax evasion measure goes live, as similar…
Chief Data Officer: A Role Under Construction
Over the past few years, the capital markets have witnessed the promotion of data executives to the role of chief data officer (CDO), elevating data issues to the C-level. Marina Daras looks at how CDOs are making their way to the top of primarily sell…
The LEI—Looking into 2012
While firms prepare for the upcoming legal entity identifier (LEI) standard, all eyes remain on what it will take to make this a truly global solution. Carla Mangado speaks to experts in the field to find out where the market is really at when it comes…