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Lombard Risk Looks to Leckie
London-based Lombard Risk Management, a provider of regulatory compliance, reporting, and collateral management technology to the capital markets, has appointed George Leckie to lead sales and business development for ComplianceASSESSOR, the firm's web…
Red Box Lands Tradition Deal
Red Box Recorders has announced a global contract with with inter-dealer broker Tradition, under which the firm will record over 8,000 channels of communication for the firm in the UK and Americas.
Confisio, Dion and Traiana Debut Collateral Valuation Service
Ahead of impending regulatory mandates, Confisio Managed Services, Dion Global Solutions, and Traiana have announced the launch of a collateral valuation reporting service.
Société Générale PB Taps Wolters Kluwer for Basel III Compliance
Société Générale Private Banking has selected the risk management and regulatory reporting solutions from Wolters Kluwer Financial Services to comply with Basel III requirements in Belgium.
Bank J Van Breda & C° Selects ABN Amro for Clearing
Belgium-based Bank J.Van Breda & C° has selected ABN Amro Clearing as its general clearing counterparty for over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions.
Midnight Hour for European AIFMs
The deadline for applying for authorization under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) arrives on July 22, and one recent measure suggests a few firms out there are still sweating bullets. But, Tim wonders, is that such a bad thing?
Bloomberg Vault Partners with Salesforce
Bloomberg is now part of salesforce.com's partner program, allowing the pair to team up on support for Salesforce1 for financial services.
SS&C GlobeOp Gains UK Regulatory Approval for Depositary Lite
SS&C GlobeOp has gained full UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) approval for its Depositary Lite service, the provider has announced.
New Clients Join BATS Chi-X Europe Reporting Service
BATS Chi-X Europe has announced that four new participants have joined BXTR, its recently-launched suite of on- and off-exchange trade reporting service.
BlueBay AM Taps Confluence for Regulatory Reporting
Blue Bay Asset Management has selected Confluence's Unity NXT regulatory reporting suite of solutions to comply with a raft of upcoming regulations currently affecting the buy side, such as the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)
Omgeo Adds ProtoColl Link to DTCC Repository
Post-trade vendor Omgeo has announced that its ProtoColl software now connects to the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) Global Trade Repository (GTR).
SocGen Debuts Trade Repository Reporting Service
Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS) has announced the launch of its trade repository reporting service for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trades.
Multifonds Survey: Most Fund Managers Ready for AIFMD
Fund managers are less worried about being compliant with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ahead of the July 22 deadline for seeking AIFM authorization, according to a survey by investment fund software provider Multifonds.
Schroders Rolls Out Vermilion Reporting Suite
London-based asset manager Schroders, with $446.8 billion under management, has implemented the Vermilion Reporting Suite to help comply with its reporting requirements.
Swift Adds Two to Compliance Services Arm
SWIFT has appointed Christopher Johnson and Fedra Ware as Practice Leads, Compliance Services, in the Americas.
Linedata Adds FATCA and AML Functionality to Mshare
Linedata has announced its transfer agency software, Mshare, is now able to address regulatory compliance requirements with additional FATCA withholding tax capabilities and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) updates to its service.
Mizuho Trust & Banking Luxembourg Taps SimCorp
The custody, fund administration, and securities services arm of the Japanese bank, operating in the micro-state and known as MHTBL, will use SimCorp's Dimension to maintain compliance with impending EMIR and AIFMD regulation and for other business…
Former CFTC General Counsel: US Swaps Reform a Mixed Bag of Outcomes
Terry Arbit, former deputy general counsel for legislative and intergovernmental affairs at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and now partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, gave attendees at this morning's Waters Breakfast Briefing a first-hand…
Charles River Launches Integrated Cloud Compliance Environment
Charles River Development has announced the debut of its latest cloud offering for buy-side clients, geared towards centralizing data, software and services that it is dubbing "Compliance-as-a-Service" (CaaS).
Six Eyes Swiss Trade Repository
Six has announced its intention to establish a trade repository for derivative transactions, in association with a number of investment bank customers.
Delegated Reporting not a Silver Bullet for the Buy Side
While delegated reporting for derivative transactions can ease some of the strain on buy-side firms, the onus is still firmly on them to ensure the accuracy of what’s being reported on their behalf, and this can be difficult to determine, senior…
FCA Expresses Concern over System Readiness for EMIR Compliance
While market participants continue to struggle with requirements of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), some relief has come from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). With that, though, is also a warning shot about having systems…
Lombard Risk Offers Free XBRL Checker Tool
Risk-management specialist Lombard Risk has announced the launch of a free tool designed to assist reporting firms in determining the root cause of extensible business reporting language (XBRL) errors with regulatory submissions.
Maitland Gets AIFMD Authorization in Luxembourg
Wealth manager Maitland has been authorized by the Luxembourg regulator CSSF to operate as an alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) to third-party alternative investment funds (AIFs), and to offer fully compliant AIFMD management company services.