RegTech radars 2023

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Public and private sectors are finding a path through the jungle of compliance to safe, compliant code. Firms have critical infrastructure decisions to make and the public/private structures in place today will require new mandates, new ways of working and new compliance tools. Financial Services regulatory experts Gavin Stuart, Director, Grant Thornton with 27 years

JWG RegTech Beacon 29 published

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2023 RegTech Beacon – Guiding your way through regulatory storms  We are delighted to publish the 29th issue of JWG’s RegTech Beacon which now serves as our yearbook and recaps 2022 accomplishments as well as providing an outlook of what lies ahead. Our RegTech outlook is one of collaboration between the front office and its supporting

Compliant Trading by Design – 22 March 2023

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Trading desks face unprecedented levels of regulatory change from the mechanics of the markets and how they monitor them, to how they interact with customers, the way they de-risk their technology suppliers and provide information to regulators. This article summarises the critical changes and lays out the context for our 22 March virtual trading seminar.

Join us to set the 2023 RegTech agenda

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An all-star cast of 40+ speakers will gather virtually on 9th & 10th November 2022 to set the 2023 RegTech agenda at JWG’s 7th annual premier RegTech conference. Markets have been rocked by turbulence unseen in over a decade and the regulatory agenda has shifted quickly. JWG research has defined 10 panels and worked with the industry to

TradFi trading & Digital Asset controls

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An errant trade in Q222 sparked a flash crash that should not have happened under MiFID II. The ‘fat finger error’ is still being investigated but could result in significant fines. As our working groups know well, TradFi firms are asked to keep their algorithms under control and certify to their trading venues that they

Regulating Digital-Assets: After the Tide Goes Out

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Crypto market capitalization has receded by nearly 75% as $2 trillion were wiped off the market[1] leaving many crypto investors to reflect on the words Warren Buffet: “You only learn who has been swimming naked when the tide goes out”. Rulemaking continued to push the digital-asset agenda forward over the summer with over 3,000 pages published

RRDS 35: Digital Reporting Taskforce: Senior messaging (DRTF7)

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In our sixth Digital Reporting Taskforce meeting last week a global group of regulators, firms and suppliers discussed: An IIF Digital Economic Cooperation framework Problem statements for Identification and standards Messaging needs for senior management. The minutes can be found along with the meeting materials here. The next meeting, DRTF7 in October we will focus

Digital Asset RegTech: challenges and next steps

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Yesterday, 22 digital asset regulators and market participants gathered virtually across 39 jurisdictions to debate the RegTech challenges presented by digital assets. Tracking this sector’s regulatory obligations is like playing a three dimensional game of chess and small details can make or break markets. In this article we recap where we took away, how you

Digital RegTech – countdown!

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The digital assets marketplace is moving fast and this month, regulators have started policy efforts in anger. Join us 5 April as 22 market SMEs discuss what this means and what comes next. REGISTER HERE In the past month, US policy makers have fired the starting gun, The European Parliament has issued a DLT pilot