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Two sides of the same coin?

Compliance and productivity in retail and investment banking. My colleague Robert Simpson was recently able to bring together a very interesting group of people, to discuss the regulatory environment for financial institutions operating both here and in the US. These included compliance leaders from financial institutions, analysts, broadcasters...

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ASIC trade repository rules

The Australian regulator, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has publishedconsultation on draft rules and regulatory guidance to establish a trade repository regime implementing its G20 commitments. The consultation paper sets out proposals for the licensing of derivative trade repositories or data warehouses which maint...

Financial Services Regulation

Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,

Winning posts

Recent posts: Apr 2013 Why us reuse to difficult? 403 views Mar 2013 Cutting admin cost in half - video 1110 23 Feb 2013 Virgin territory 1987 22 Feb 2013 Is SME-sector competitiveness important? 2254 18 Feb 2013 The biggest ever revolution in banking a... 5072 some way to go to beat 2009 posted: 27 Apr 2009 Questions European tax payers should a...

Innovation in Financial Services

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The Opportunity for Customer Relationship Management

While the requirements for SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT) migration are relatively well-understood and straightforward, migration to SEPA Direct Debits (SDD) is a more challenging undertaking. The SDD schemes (core and B2B) were launched nearly 3 years after SCT in November 2010, and adoption was further delayed by ongoing uncertainty about the abilit...

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Common concerns that surface with a payments project, Part 1

We encounter some common concerns when we’re working with companies to implement a payments project. Outsourcing or revising A/P processes can seem daunting, but we can address some of the larger concerns here. I’ll cover moving from check to virtual card first, and in the next blog, I’ll discuss concerns with ACH and check printing projects. Ch...

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Regulatory Issues Raised By Changes In Market Structure

The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a consultation paper on the regulatory issues raised by changes in market structures. The 46 page paper seeks to gather evidence to develop recommendations to promote: market liquidity and efficiency; price transparency; and investors’ execution quality in a fragmented env...

Financial Services Regulation

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Women-only Bank in India: Worth it?

A Public Sector Bank (for women only)! At the first glance, FY 13-14 Union Budget announcement sounds quite innovative and pro-active scheme on part of Indian Union government, aiming at financial inclusion of women in India. After all, we are a nation where women esp. in rural areas are out of Banking brackets owing to several factors viz. illite...

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It's fragmentation, Jim, but not as we know it!

Interesting last week to see that GFI has applied to the CFTC to become a futures exchange. This follows on from ICAP’s purchase of Plus Markets (now ISDX) and so it surely can’t be too long before the other IDBs follow suit and execute their own regulatory hedges too. What they are worried about is that the regulatory regime around swaps seems to...

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Jon Warren

Jon Warren Director, Financial Services Practice at Freelance

Big Data: the collateral optimisation opportunity

Continued regulatory pressures and a new wave of technologies are shaping how financial institutions tackle Big Data. However, with so many vendors offering a raft of data management systems, risk managers grappling to achieve an aggregated single view, and IT divisions tackling long implementation times with legacy systems, is it time for a new a...

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FCA Business Plan published emphasising market abuse

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) business plan sets out how these risks will be managed in its first year of operation and how it will use its resources effectively to meet its objectives, which are to: secure an appropriate degree of protection for consumers; protect and enhance the integrity of the UK financial system; and promote effective...

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