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Sassan - just want to echo and support your post. FIX has proven messages that are in use today to manage and convey party details, risk parameters, and entitlements. These messages were developed in ...
Things are rarely black and white in life. There is always that other side of the medal. Take Barclays Pingit, for example: I criticised it for not being secure in the financial industry's sense (as ...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published guidance on how it will recognise third country central counterparties (CCPs). This covers communication with ESMA to apply for reco...
The EU Presidency has published track changes notes to the latest MiFID II / MiFIR compromise texts. The latest changes which mainly relate to MiFIR reflect implementing the EU’s G20 commitments and ...
On 20 March, the UK chancellor presented this year’s national budget. It announced a ‘Regulator for payment systems - The Government will bring the payment systems into a competition-focused regulato...
by Kiki Pentheroudaki MiFID II is intended to regulate the use of automated trading to ensure a level-playing field for all market participants. In a two-part overview we will provide you with insig...
When my dad wanted to underline something as especially true, he would use the phrase "you can take that to the bank." If someone wanted to underline the chances of something making money, t...
Separating the alpha from the beta - savvy investors know they need to separate the alpha, or investment gains made from decisions made by manager, from the beta, or returns attributable to the market...
Attending a data management event last week in London, it suddenly dawned on me that banks are in real danger of missing regulatory deadlines for implementation of compliance initiatives to comply wit...
Few people paid attention to the following interesting fact: the much-rumored iWatch as well as its now-rumored competitor by Samsung are said to have an internal SIM card. Both smartwatches will also...
It’s all about future-proofing the bank’s risk and compliance. The recent credit crisis has underscored the importance of proactive risk mitigation for banks. Banks need to first effectively and effic...
The world of payments has, of late, become like a sharks feeding frenzy. Blood in the water... well money. There are new announcements being made daily. New partnerships. New programme launches. New a...