230 Results from 2015, /regulation
Retired Member
Having spent much of 2014 getting to grips with new capital reporting requirements, European banks are now shifting their focus to liquidity monitoring and reporting. Over the course of 2015, they face significant changes to the way they calculate and report on their liquidity, and to the frequency of their regulatory disclosures. In order to keep...
25 February 2015 /regulation /wholesale
We are almost at the end of February and in the world of change in the City of London (and maybe elsewhere?) it feels as if 2015 is off to a very slow start. This is in direct contrast to the previous few years when by late January things were moving with urgency, especially on the regulatory agenda. I am very familiar with the City’s annual cycle...
20 February 2015 /regulation
Neil Crammond risk education & real time market abuse at DIVENTO FINANCIALS
HAS HIGH SPEED PINGING FINALLY FOUND A CATEGORY IN MARKET ABUSE ? HFT has tip toed through the market abuse field for years BUT now looks finally to have been captured . Under the COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT (ECA) and the prohobition of spoofing ; "bidding or offering wth the intent to cancel before execution " has placed their 90% cancellat
19 February 2015 /regulation
Following a consultation process to a proposed report, late last month the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published its final report outlining standards to help reduce risk in the non-centrally cleared OTC derivatives markets. The report, titled “Risk Mitigation Standards for Non-Centrally Cleared OTC Derivatives,” ha...
18 February 2015 /regulation Financial Services Regulation
Travelling to Paris today for tomorrow’s open hearing on MiFID II, the two issues I’ll be mulling over on the Eurostar will be record keeping for trading venues and transaction reporting. Both could potentially trigger significant changes in front and middle office workflows for many trading firms. At the core of my concerns lies the requirement f...
18 February 2015 /regulation
Gregory King Senior Vice President at FactSet Limited
The global financial crisis precipitated six tough years for the sector. In its wake, fierce criticism prompted industry bodies around the world to introduce stringent regulations requiring in-depth auditing. With such vast amounts of information needing to be accounted for, data management systems that ensure complete corporate accountability hav...
17 February 2015 /regulation
Looking back on virtual currencies and how regulation is catching up! Digital currencies are fast becoming attractive to investors owing to their high degree of volatility, relative anonymity and tax benefits. But behind the scenes, various regulatory authorities have been burning the candle at both ends to find ways of protecting everyday trade...
Abhishek Chatterjee Managing Partner at Gartner Inc.
While world is transitioning to digital economy, its Important to notice the rise of IoST (Internet of smart things). According to Gartner there are 3 trends driving Digital Business; And intelligent Mobile devices are at the centre of it:- Democratization of Technology - smart things that will start to make decisions - Smart cars, Homes, Meters e...
14 February 2015 /regulation Online Banking
Hugo Cuevas-Mohr CEO at Mohr World Consulting - IMTC Conferences
In English, a “moving target” is when you set your expectation for something – some task, some desirable outcome, a target, and then when it is met you ‘move the target’ and set another expectation. It means that the person or entity you have set the expectation for is never able to fulfill it, never reaching the target. And “De-Risking” is fast b...
13 February 2015 /payments /regulation Financial Services Regulation
To be Agile or agile – it is all in the capitalisation! “Are you familiar with “agile methodologies” is a question I am increasingly asked as a change professional and my answer is “Yes”. The problem is that the question is badly phrased and as a result the answer is not always very helpful. “Agile” seems to be the current silver bullet (ie solve e...
12 February 2015 /regulation
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