As we summarized in our latest Beacon, JWG’s surveillance community has covered quite a patchwork of regulatory obligations over the past 2. In all that time, nothing has pulled all into focus like GameStop. JWG has been digging beyond the broadsheet news to examine what roars from Reddit chat groups will mean to wholesale and…

We look forward to kicking off the 5th year of JWG’s Regulatory Reporting and Reference Data SIG series with a Bank of England-led discussion of 2020 data collection transformation findings and plans under Chatham house rule. The meeting will cover the new BoE plan to transform data collection from the UK financial sector (23 Feb).…

JWG’s review of the 276 page MAR review report raised a number of key issues for surveillance professionals which further the need for SM&CR guidance. Come join your colleagues in a short discussion of the objectives, approach and focus of for SM&CR surveillance guidance to help.

New consultations were released last week which could have a major impact on communications surveillance. Time to book your seat at the next Chatham house rule JWG RegTech Trade Surveillance Special Interest Group (TSS). The 276 page MAR review report revisits key issues for surveillance professionals including: the definition of inside information, insider dealing controls/ disclosure, market soundings, insider lists and the establishment of an…

Round the table: ​ Firms: Barclays, BNP, Credit Suisse, EDF Man, ING​ Vendors: Altergiaia, Datavisor, Grant Thornton, Lysis​ Regulators: FCA​ Independents: Mark Davies, Kumar Raju, Stephan Niermann, Samantha Sheen ​ 15+ people will dive into AMLD V RegTech use cases:​ Discuss latest status with FCA TechSprint & Companies house interaction​ Review conclusions from the RTC registry survey and implications for RTC Project​…