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Technology, Compliance & COVID: The 2021 Thomson Reuters Regulatory Report
Technology, Compliance & COVID 19: Unwrapping Thompson Reuters’ 2021 Report on FinTech, RegTech and the Role of ComplianceBen Parker CEOlinkedintwitterAn increased reliance on technology, continued investment in compliance, and predictably...
MiFIR: A Guide to Compliant Investment Transaction Reporting
MiFIR: A guide to Compliant Investment Transaction ReportingBen Parker CEOlinkedintwitterMiFIR and MiFID II are familiar terms in investment circles. These are the statutes that regulate firms involved in the trading of financial instruments across...
EMIR reporting after Brexit – What to Expect
EMIR Reporting After Brexit – What to Expect Ben Parker CEOlinkedintwitterThe end of the UK’s Brexit transition period is fast approaching, and businesses on both sides of the English Channel are hurriedly priming themselves for what’s to come....
eflow and Refinitiv Announce New Market Data Service
eflow and Refinitiv Announce New Market Data Service Agreement London, November , 2020 London-based regulatory compliance firm eflow have today announced that they will be working with Refinitiv in order to further improve the existing market data...
EMIR Reporting Obligations: EMIR Transaction Reporting Explained
EMIR: Everything You Need to Know This page provides an overview of the reporting rules outlined in EMIR, and the actions your firm will need to take in order to be compliant. EMIR (The European Market Infrastructure Regulation) is a European...
eflow Partners with e-Comms Surveillance Provider IP Sentinel
eflow Partners with IP Sentinel to Provide Holistic and Unified Trade and Communication Surveillance Solution Addressing the growing requirement within financial compliance to unify dedicated best of breed trade and e-Communications surveillance at...
FCA Addresses Market Abuse Concerns During COVID-19
FCA Market Watch 63 Addresses Market Conduct During Coronavirus Pandemic In their latest Market Watch newsletter, the FCA have addressed the importance of proper ‘market conduct and discipline in the context of coronavirus’. In a direct appeal,...
Clashes Between EU and UK Asset Managers Over MiFID II Unbundling
Disagreement Over Research Unbundling Between UK and EU Fund Managers As part of the regulatory framework enacted by MiFID II in January of 2018, asset managers were required to separate the cost of research from other costs such as trading...
COVID-19 Exposes Gaps in Market Data Supply
Market Data Vendors Struggle to Keep Up Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Since the outbreak of COVID-19 has spread and made its impact known on global markets, a number of banks and investment firms have been required to fall back on Business Continuity...
Best Execution Reporting During the COVID-19 Pandemic
ESMA Releases Public Statement on MiFID II Best Execution Reporting During COVID-19 Pandemic The disruption to markets caused by preventative lockdowns in response to the Coronavirus pandemic has caused execution venues and firms a great deal of...
ESMA Publishes Opinions on Position Limits under MiFID II
Updated Opinions on Position Limits Under MiFID II Published by ESMA On February 7th, ESMA published seven opinions on position limits regarding commodity derivatives under MiFID II/MiFIR. The opinions published by ESMA agree with a number of...
Non-Compliance Fines Exceed $36 Billion Since 2008 Financial Crisis
Global financial institutions have been fined over $36 billion since 2008 At the close of the decade, global fines for non-compliance with Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know your Customer (KYC) and sanctions regulations have exceeded $36 billion...
FSMA Releases Brochure on MiFID II Investor Protection Rules
FSMA Publishes Educational Brochure on MiFID II Investor Protection The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has published a brochure intended to help investors and consumers better understand their rights. The brochure also outlines...