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Anne Plested Regulation at ION Markets
The Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG) recently advised ESMA to promote wider adoption of the Market Model Typology (MMT) post-trade data standards. The SMSG, which facilitates consultation between ESMA, its Board of Supervisors, and stakeholders, is encouraging a wider use of MMT to address MiFIR transparency. The MMT initiative is ...
29 April 2020 /regulation /markets MiFID
Retired Member
Around this time last week, one of the main global-oil-price benchmarks, the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) exchange-traded future, traded below zero as the contract for May settlement approached expiry on Monday. This meant that sellers of the contract on that final day of trading were being forced into paying buyers to offload their positions, ra...
28 April 2020 /regulation /markets Capital Markets Technology
In just a matter of weeks, the outbreak of COVID-19 took the world by surprise and upended our economies, businesses, and way of life. In response to the crisis, we have seen companies quickly action business continuity plans and transition to working remotely following the strict lockdown measures imposed by many governments. Over the years, the ...
28 April 2020 /regulation /covid-19 Operational Risk Management
Steve D'Souza Business Development at Iress
When talking to our clients at the moment they fall into two camps- one for whom the dispersion of staff to a home office environment was a long way down the scenarios on their BCP, and therefore they are having to revamp their world to adapt to the dispersed workforce, and those that see this as an opportunity to “go digital”. I shall return to ...
28 April 2020 /regulation /covid-19 Trends in Financial Services
Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
There have been many changes within the economic landscape in Europe and the United Kingdom since the first agreement that launched the Markets in Financial Derivatives (MiFID) protocols in 2007 were signed. MiFID was meant to provide a standard set of rules by which regulators in every EU country (including the UK at the time) would oversee firms...
28 April 2020 /regulation MiFID
Philip Black Commercial Director at Nomidio
At the end of March, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wrote a letter to firms outlining its response to Covid-19. Part of its outreach involved highlighting the flexibility already contained in its rules and guidelines to help organisations deal with an unprecedented demand on client identity verification. While the FCA said it expects firms ...
27 April 2020 /regulation /identity Digital Identity Management
It seems like not a month goes by without the introduction of some new regulatory or legislative requirements, or the addition of a new hot topic to the compliance to-do list. For many companies, it can feel as if they spend so much time ensuring watertight compliance that they have precious little time left to dedicate to their core business. Whi...
23 April 2020 /regulation
Tejasvi Addagada Enterprise Data Head at Fortune 500 financial service provider
Here are ten steps to defining a data strategy based on a data capability maturity assessment, for a Financial Institution Identify and Simplify Maturity models, and customize the yardstick as well as benchmarks based on local study and future organization strategy Conduct workshop with leaders and grassroots to sensitize the assessment and questi...
19 April 2020 /regulation /retail Data Management 101
Clive Bellows Head of Global Fund Services, EMEA at Northern Trust
Regulation, rising costs, compressed fees all contributing to pressure of change Investment managers undoubtedly feel the pressure of change. Costs are rising, fees are stretched, and margins are being compressed. Simultaneously, the industry is facing significant regulatory and compliance shifts. Under such circumstances, it’s nearly impossible...
17 April 2020 /regulation /wholesale Trends in Financial Services
Felix Kronabetter Business Development Manager at RBR
The 13th edition of Merchant Payment Ecosystem (MPE) had a lucky break, being one of the last large‑scale conferences to take place before the COVID‑19 virus spread in earnest. The show took place from 18th to 20th February at Berlin’s Intercontinental Hotel, bringing together 1,200 attendees, including 280 merchants and 300 acquiring banks and PS...
09 April 2020 /payments /regulation 5G Payments Schemes and Strategies 2020 - 2035
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