MiFID II



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April 19, 2017 - Editor

How much is it worth paying to restore trust in banks and financial markets? Well, I suppose you first have to establish how much trust

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April 6, 2017 - Editor

The effects of MiFID on the financial markets will be profound and impact almost all aspects of how the markets are managed. The distribution and

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February 13, 2017 - Editor

A recent Google search on the term “RegTech”, which is short for Regulatory Technology, returned no less than 260,000 results and the news section is

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January 24, 2017 - Editor

Risk Focus, Inc., the specialist solutions provider to the global capital markets, today announced the launch of a new firm, RegTek Solutions Inc. (RegTek).

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January 12, 2017 - Editor

Despite being a relatively new standard, ISO 20022 is gaining increasing significance and traction within the world of European regulatory transaction reporting. ISO 20022 is

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January 3, 2017 - Editor

Firms use Validate.Trade to test reporting software to reduce the cost and risk of change to pre-validate trade reports before they fail at the ARM,

Featured image for “The 2017 OTC Derivatives Summit Meetings and a New Partnership”

December 19, 2016 - Editor

Did you know that a group of senior buy- and sell-side people meet in private each year to freely debate the state of the OTC

Featured image for “Message Automation hosts MiFID II/MiFIR working group.”

November 14, 2016 - Editor

MA recently hosted a highly successful, in-depth MiFID II Working Group focused on trade and transaction reporting implementation. Held over 2 days in London the

Featured image for “An Interview With Christian Nentwich, CEO of Duco”

November 6, 2016 - Editor

The OTC Space met with Christian Nentwich, CEO of Duco to ask some questions about the firm, and the effects of technology on banking.

Featured image for “MiFID II – 5 Key Takeaways from the ESMA Final Report”

October 14, 2016 - Editor

ESMA has published their MiFID II Final Report as a result of their Consultation Paper. It consists of updates and changes to the 289 page