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Tax Data Report: Fast-Forward into a New Era of Tax Data Management
Are you ready for a new era of tax transparency following the introduction of the Packaged Retail and Insurance-Based Investment Products (Priips) and the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid II) regulations?
SmartStream Embraces Innovation to Underpin New and Existing Offerings
Andreas Burner, head of SmartStream's Viennese Innovation Lab, chats to Victor Anderson about innovation in general, and how SmartStream as an organization goes about fostering innovation.
AI Adoption Across Capital Markets
Opportunities, Challenges and Use-Cases
Unfinished Business
Measuring Blockchain’s Financial Services Benefits and Mapping Its Future
MAR and Mifid II Compliance: Consequences for Trade Surveillance
The implementation of Mifid II in January 2018, along with the existing Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) introduced new responsibilities and obligations for market participants
Gaining value from data through science and engineering
How much time do data scientists, analysts and quants spend doing the jobs they're employed to do? In the vast majority of cases, not enough
Configurable Data Validation, PMS Integration Come to Advent’s New Exception Management Solution
One benefit of greater process automation on the buy side is the ability to implement comprehensive data governance workflows targeted at quickly identifying, analyzing and resolving data issues. However, many investment managers still lack a robust…
Location, Location, Location
The Australian Securities Exchange outlines key considerations for firms weighing up their choice of co-location facility.
How is the Industry Faring in a Post‑Mifid II World?
The revised Markets in Financial Information Directive (Mifid II) went into effect at the start of 2018 and, as with any significant regulation go-live, there were some hiccups. Three months later, there are still gaps that need to be filled –…
Getting Ready for CAT
While the consolidated audit trail (CAT) may have missed its initial November go-live date, the project is far from over. Broker-dealers will still need to report to the system when compliance deadlines are finalized, and it may be wise to begin…
The Future of Blockchain-Based KYC Utilities
Know your client (KYC) is now more important than ever. With regulatory compliance remaining onerous, capital market firms need to be heavily dependent on the collection, processing and management of client and counterparty data, documentation and…
Mifid II and the Emergence of the Connectivity Hub
With the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive now in effect, firms are still adapting to the new requirements and their long-term implications. Richard Bentley, chief product officer at Ullink, explores how the industry can remain compliant…