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Matt Smith CEO at SteelEye
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues, global regulators are warning financial services firms that they may need to enhance their trade surveillance activities to ensure they detect potential financial crime and insider trading. During lockdown, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) voiced concerns about managing insider trading conduct risks with ...
06 August 2020 /regulation /crime Financial Services Regulation
In today’s highly digitalised world, data is at the core of everything we do. The increased use of technology means that firms now produce and process more data than ever before. This is particularly pertinent in the financial sector, where the widespread adoption of technology and introduction of a number of significant regulatory mandates now re...
01 August 2019 /regulation Financial Services Regulation
Since MiFID II was implemented at the start of 2018, financial markets have struggled to adapt to the new and rigorous regulatory requirements. Recently, high profile cases have brought the consequences of non-compliance into the spotlight, with UBS and Goldman Sachs both receiving fines of £27.6m and £34m respectively, for misreporting their data...
10 June 2019 /regulation Financial Services Regulation
We are close approaching the 1st anniversary of the most anticipated regulatory change in recent years – MiFID II. Sweeping into force on January 3, 2018 MiFID II brought with it a huge overhaul of the financial services industry that aimed to increase transparency, reduce costs for investors and clampdown on market misconduct in the financial ind...
02 January 2019 /regulation Banking Regulations
Seismic regulatory changes have been sweeping the financial services sector since the crisis in 2008. Banking and finance in general have moved decisively in favour of stronger regulation, and a number of landmark directives such as Dodd-Frank, Basel III, EMIR and the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) have been introduce...
15 October 2018 /regulation Innovation in Financial Services
In today’s digital world, data is at the heart of every business. The increased use of technology means that companies now produce and process more data than ever before. Until recently, however, that data remained dormant, only accessible to a few, centralised, top-tier decision makers. Recently the industry has seen a shift. Data is becoming mor...
23 August 2018 Digital Banking Trends
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