Technology/Regulation
Scrutiny and frictions follow EMS vendors into fixed income
Aggregators are facing resistance from venues and attracting the attention of regulators
OTC Derivatives Clearing Summit Europe: Lack of dealer involvement may hamper OTF move
A portion of the European derivatives market will eventually be required to trade on OTFs – but change will be hampered without bank involvement, panellists say
White paper: Setting the Stage for FATCA Compliance
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act stands to transform the global tax framework and how financial institutions track and report on their clients’ financial assets. With the law slated to come into effect in 2013, its implications and how financial…
White paper: Open source software: 5 steps for enabling standardisation
Despite the advantages, leaving open source software unsupervised can lead to many problems. The solution: enabling the standardisation of code and components, however, this can be difficult. This paper highlights five steps for enabling standardisation…
White paper: Open source governance in highly regulated companies
Open source software can empower developers, increase innovation and improve competitiveness, and its popularity is growing tremendously. Open source now represents an average of 29% of the code deployed by IT and technology innovators are using 60%–80%…
White paper: Open source drives innovation in financial services
The shift to mobile applications driven by consumers’ expectations of ubiquitous services, combined with the use of private cloud infrastructure, is redefining the trajectory of IT investment and the competitive landscape for banks and financial services…
White paper: Customer success story – Financial services
A global financial services giant finds that the Black Duck Suite enables it to realise the compelling economics of open-source software while solving the significant management, compliance and security challenges that weighed down productivity and…
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Technology
Systems check
Mobile delivery raises new compliance and regulatory questions
The mobile revolution
Energy experts eye Dodd-Frank tech benefits
Data reporting systems may be far from Dodd-Frank friendly in the energy sector, but experts say users are likely to benefit once they are up and running
Banks seek technology answers for Basel III
An uphill struggle
SunGard launches social media surveillance
Financial services information technology vendor SunGard's social media offering to help with new compliance rules
Brussels forges ahead with Sepa end-date proposal, despite differences
European Commission proposes deadlines for national credit and debit transfers to migrate to Sepa system; move could divide stakeholders
Merkel enraged at vote to scrap US-EU Swift data deal: WikiLeak
Leaked wire from US embassy in Berlin says Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel was furious at German MEPs' decision to reject Swift data sharing deal with United States
Modelling the asset portfolio for Solvency II
Asset to the system
Shake-up ahead for financial technology
With a raft of financial market reforms set to alter the landscape of energy and commodities trading by the end of the year, Lianna Brinded takes a look at how financial technology needs to develop in order to keep up with regulatory changes
Cesr studies MTFs in July amid Mifid revamp
MTFs and dark pools policy positions to be announced, Cesr urges industry participation in consultation
Facing the Solvency II technology challenge
The final shape of Solvency II has not yet been decided, but it is clear that whatever the result insurers will need to upgrade their technology and data-gathering approach. Clive Davidson examines how Europe’s leading insurers are meeting this challenge
