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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) work programme includes updates on the proposed work of ESMA linked to the European Commission’s legislative timetable. In respect of transaction ...
A side note first, to put things into perspective: to address any of 6bn mobile subscribers, anywhere in the world, all you need is a 15-digit number (16-digit, in some cases). To send someone an ema...
I am often asked to deliver digital channel concepts, products and services for financial institutions that focus on proven market contenders. Yet, as a user, I find myself using services that have be...
In our PRMIA risk survey we found that if risk managers could change one thing relating to risk management, they would create a risk culture and find a better way of integrating risk into their inves...
Further to the publication of the Financial Conducts Authority’s business plan, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published its approaches to banking and insurance supervision. The docume...
Last evening I attended a presentation by Tony Sales, Britain's Greatest Fraudster ("ex", actually - but he is still as sharp as ever). Although he didn't tell anything new in respect of ho...
Improving market transparency has been a focus of reforms post -financial crisis. As an increasingly important component of the market infrastructure, “dark pools” are inevitably part of the regulato...
The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a joint consultation report on the access to trade repository data...
“Seldom before has any technology promised so much to so many” – so starts the paper and then proceeds to enumerate the benefits of the technology in question, which include lower IT expenditure, high...
A common theme emerged on the first day at the Global Derivatives Trading and Risk Management Conference. CVA, DVA and FVA (but also a number of other components) have found their way into pricing and...
Mobile technology has revolutionised the financial services industry by eliminating traditional methods of working. With people spending more time on their mobile phones than ever before, this service...
Data is at the center of most challenges facing our industry today, with business drivers such as new regulations, aggregated risk management, and deep customer insight all having critical data manage...