RegTech IntelligenceThe way we look at economic crime risks and controls is changing. Sanctions and other drivers have forced institutions to take a more holistic view of risk disciplines and integrate process that on-board clients, screen their transactions and monitor the marketplace. This policy space is ideally suited for an idea contributed by a late RegTech
As sanctions barriers rise and market access is cut off for a digitized market, AML/TF and Surveillance capabilities need to respond quickly with safe and appropriate RegTech. Join us on 23rd June as 16 market SMEs discuss what this means and what comes next. Register Here In this seminar, leading AML, KYC, Terrorist Financing, Sanctions
Digital Regulatory Reporting Architecture Working Group meeting 12 for firms to review target operating model strawman discussed in in DRR architecture WG meeting on 26 May 2022
2022 is a tipping point for the next generation of economic crime RegTech. Decentralised services are presenting unquantified levels of risk to the system and rules are moving fast to keep up. The good news: after 5 years of laboratory experiments and forests of reports, RegTech can provide a migration path for compliance regimes. In
Digital Regulatory Reporting Architecture Working Group meeting 11 for firms to review target operating model options and key issues discussed in oversight committee 11 on 12 May 2022
Culture war topics, the spread of misinformation, and the war in Ukraine have further complicated firms’ social media presence and their efforts to craft policies guiding what employees should and should not say online. Firms should reassess policies guiding employees’ social media posts on accounts linked to the company and weigh up whether they are
Digital Regulatory Reporting Architecture Working Group meeting 10 for firms to review target operating model options and key issues identified in WG9
With sanctions freezing assets and restricting trade, digital compliance strategies are being reworked this year. In this article we explore the impact of putting digital trade barriers in place, which will also be discussed at our 23 June virtual seminar. Register Here 2022 sanctions policy Financial services have seen a significant increase in the number
Digital Regulatory Reporting Architecture Working Group meeting 9 for firms to review target operating model options and key issues identified in WG8
The CEO’s reporting challenge is considerable. Regulators are asking firms to raise the standard of regulatory returns to the same care and diligence given to financial reports and Basel IV is on its way for 2023. New approaches to interpreting reporting obligations and validating the calculations required with additional data sources can help. JWG, an
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
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
As the digital asset sector matures and policy makers design new rules to oversee this market, compliance has become a strategic battleground for market participants. Regulations that prescribe controls over ‘who trades what’ are being drafted and will include many check boxes for the transaction lifecycle. The great news is that TradFI has developed RegTech
Yesterday, President Biden fired the starting gun for the US regulators’ race to control Digital Assets. Crypto enthusiasts have been looking for regulators to take firm positions on whether digital assets race on Formula 1, NASCAR, or Motocross tracks. Regardless, it will be RegTech that is waving the chequered flags very soon. Join an all-star
Crypto bros might struggle to see it this way, but digital asset regulation has moved at great pace in a short time. Will it be fit for purpose? With interoperable standards on the way, RegTech has the power to unify digital and TradFi rails. Join an all-star cast on 5 April for our virtual conference
The great work-from-home experiment forced traders from the office and digital surveillance teams into overdrive. RegTech can provide a path forward through serious legal obstacles that stand in the way of effective oversight. However, good compliance is not just about the tech and we need collaborative action to make surveillance RegTech fit for purpose. The
This year we will be producing 3 seminars which will facilitate regulator, firm and supplier collaboration and to develop and encourage interoperability between TradeFi and digital waves. We are inviting Digital Asset, Crypto and TradFi market participants to join our 2022 Digital Finance Programme which will explore our global research and the role of Digital
Digital Regulatory Reporting Architecture Working Group meeting 8 to review follow-up actions from oversight committee meeting (DOC10)
Global regulators are producing a steady flow of operationally-intensive rules focused on new digital risks in 2022. Amongst them, cybersecurity is emerging as a top pain point as more persistent attacks threaten banking supply chains. New, deeper and aligned controls are now the order of the day. In this article we summarise the main components
With newly minted FS reporting strategies, the EU and UK are focused on enabling the fasteners of digital finance. This article summarizes the 2022 transformation drivers for public and private sectors, and how you can get involved in DRR. 2022 transparency drivers As we discussed in our 2022 Outlook, digital assets are coming into the
In our fifth meeting, a global group of regulators, firms and suppliers discussed two key regulatory reporting problem statements and identified options to solve them, the considerations, potential paths and barriers. The minutes can be found along with the meeting materials here. The next meeting, DRTF6 on 14 June will review additional problem statements. JWG
The aim of this group is to look at the broader frame of supervisory technology (SupTech) with a view to creating a paper covering challenges and 2022 priorities
Financial services risk reporting problem statements
New digital rails are being laid next to traditional finance (TradFi) which puts RegTech in the critical role of integrating markets and defining safety standards. In our inaugural episode of RegCast here we lay out the key themes which peek over the horizon as JWG enters its second decade of RegTech. RegTech meets Digital Finance
RegTech Beacon – Guiding your way through global regulatory storms. We are delighted to publish the 28th issue of JWG’s RegTech Beacon which now serves as our yearbook that recaps 2021 accomplishments and provides an outlook of what lies ahead. Our focus this year is defining the next steps required for a truly digital financial infrastructure.
Securities tokenisation permitting firms to settle trades on a blockchain reduces counterparty risk and settlement costs while providing a vehicle for compliance automation. Last year saw some tokenisation of traditional securities such as equities, bonds and foreign exchange; consultants say that 2022 will usher in “tokenisation of everything”, be that bonds settled on the Ethereum
Project planning, resourcing, EMIR Refit, CFTC technical architecture
In our fourth meeting, a global group of regulators, firms and suppliers discussed two key regulatory reporting problem statements and identified options to solve them, the considerations, potential paths and barriers. The minutes can be found along with the meeting materials here. The next meeting, DRTF5 on 8 February will review additional problem statements. JWG
The aim of this group is to look at the broader frame of supervisory technology (SupTech) with a view to creating a paper by December 2021 covering challenges and 2022 priorities
1,000 visits to the JWG Annual Conference site are keeping the conversation alive. There is still time to listen to the all-star debate, participate in the debates and help set the 2022 RegTech agenda. 2021 Annual conference On the 16th & 17th November, JWG held its 6th annual and its 1st virtual global conference, where
Financial services risk reporting problem statements
Digital Regulatory Reporting sprint follow-up meeting to review conclusions from 30 November Fx Sprint and agree next steps in advance of 15 December DOC9
In our third meeting, a global group of regulators, firms and suppliers discussed the new risk system design criteria and specifications, objectives, and migration paths. The minutes can be found along with the meeting materials here. The next meeting, DRTF4 on 14 December will review feedback received at DRTF3 and the JWG Annual Conference JWG
The aim of this group is to look at the broader frame of supervisory technology (SupTech) with a view to creating a paper by December 2021 covering challenges and 2022 priorities
Digital Regulatory Reporting Architecture Working Group meeting 7 to review follow-up actions from oversight committee meeting8 (DOC8)
Project planning, resourcing, EMIR Refit, technical architecture
Financial services risk system design criteria and specifications
100+ Organizations have registered for RegTech 2021 JWG has finalized an all-star cast of 37 speakers from the best and the brightest in our space which will be gather virtually on 16th & 17th November 2021. Don’t miss this opportunity to join international firms, the Bank of England, FCA, global regulators and trade associations and top banks,
Advances in digitalisation in recent years have made an impact on all areas of life and the payment sector is no exception. Use of cash has been in decline for years, a trend was only accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. With the majority of commerce no longer dependent upon cash, it’s no surprise that both
The Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)-convened Artificial Intelligence Public-Private Forum (AIPPF) this month discussed potential accountability and governance frameworks that could form future guidance for the use of AI in financial services. Senior management accountability as well as the creation of a chief AI officer role were contemplated as oversight options,
Digital Regulatory Reporting Architecture Working Group meeting 6 to review follow-up actions from oversight committee meeting7 (DOC7)
CFTC project planning, resourcing, EMIR Refit, semantic tooling
amid ongoing, fast, deep technological revolution, how can we master “technogenous” risk and keep markets stable?
In our second meeting, a global group of regulators, firms and suppliers discussed the changes in the regulatory building blocks required and quickly identified components which could be assembled to define a new paradigm for risk information collection. The next meeting will focus on a new paradigm for collecting risk information from a digital system
The aim of this group is to look at the broader frame of supervisory technology (SupTech) with a view to creating a paper by December 2021 covering challenges and 2022 priorities
Regulatory reporting is moving out of the backwater and into the limelight. New RegTech tooling is here and leaders are deploying it now and regulators are defining their SupTech approaches. The regulators and regulated have all made progress and the sector is building momentum in Q4. Register Here Regulatory demands picking up pace Last quarter
Building block foundational concepts and gaps
JWG Q421 research reveals major regulatory battles for information on third parties in 2022, which has massive implications for FS suppliers. Combined with Cloud, AI and other new controls, knowing your supply chain just became a lot more critical and complicated. Without standard supply chain messages, regulators, regulated firms and their suppliers run the
Technology, data and infrastructure provision to banks now puts 3rd parties on the critical path for systemic oversight. Knowing your supply chain just became a lot more critical and complicated. There is an opportunity to take the pain away with a more joined up approach that requires senior engagement, trust and ‘safe space’
Financial services are digitizing fast but there is much more public and private sectors can do to deliver reporting controls which fulfil supervisory mandates in a digital age. We were pleased to have 50 individuals from global supervisory organizations, financial institutions and firms for the first working session of our new Digital Reporting Taskforce (DRTF)
The aim of this group is to look at the broader frame of supervisory technology (SupTech) with a view to creating a paper by December 2021 covering challenges and 2022 priorities
In our first meeting, a global group of regulators, firms and suppliers discussed the changes in the regulatory reporting story, the building blocks required, stakeholders to engage and the collaborative mode of working we would like to establish. At this next meeting we will start with 4 building blocks, identify targets and highlight gaps to
We are delighted to reveal more details for our annual conference. With so much happening in this space – make sure that you know what risks are coming and how to tackle them! See details below and sign up now to hear a great cast of regulators, academia, firms and suppliers discussing the next generation
Agreeing a digital regulatory reporting vision for regulated, regulator and suppliers that serve them
We really enjoyed speaking to the leadership of the Quantitative Finance Community in advance of our 6th annual conference in November. We covered a lot of ground: Key RegTech / SupTech issues for quantitative finance professionals How can quants contribute to the RegTech discussion How data management and agility have influenced the regulators The latest
Financial services are digitizing fast but there is much more public and private sectors can do to deliver reporting controls which fulfil supervisory mandates in a digital age. With support from top regulators, financial institutions, and vendors JWG is launching a task force to 1) define a future target operating model for the regulatory reporting
It might be summertime but the work hasn’t stopped for those working in compliance. The constant barrage of tweaks to existing reporting regimes and wholesale refreshes such as the incoming derivatives reporting changes by the Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC) have kept teams busy. In Europe, Brexit has also impacted how firms must deal
Listen to the Podcast here Since the 2008 crisis, the markets have been asked to put everything on a venue, deliver vast quantities of transparency data, protect the customer and deliver growth. It has taken Europe over 15 years to build a mountain of rules that is millions of paragraphs high and stretches across the
CFTC project planning, resourcing, EMIR Refit, semantic tooling, data sourcing, eligibility modelling,
Why attend for Sponsors Why attend for Delegates Register Now For our sixth annual RegTech conference we are bringing our global network of regulators, trade associations, academia, firms and leading technologists together to define the top challenges facing both private and public sector and debating potential strategies to overcome them. Our global regulatory debate
Although no international guidelines on AI exist, the EU is way ahead in policy formulation with a very clear view of what good looks like. JWG research has revealed major control gaps to other jurisdictions and draconian penalties for those that don’t comply in 2023. In preparation, we will be developing detailed business use cases
Presentation from SIG meeting on 27 July to review updates to the trade surveillance regulatory agenda, review global artificial intelligence gaps and agree next steps.
21 July meeting materials for review of semantic tooling in advance of programme oversight committee meeting 6.
A new approach to global regulatory data observation is fundamental to the fulfilment of Supervisory mandates in a digital age. The sector is digitizing fast but there is much more we can do to deliver digital controls for public and private sectors. JWG is working with industry leaders to launch the Digital Reporting Task Force
To discuss CFTC reporting rewrite timelines, objectives, critical path, milestones, and delivery options. Potential risks were reviewed, and secretariat recommendations to accelerate CFTC plans were discussed.
Listen to the Podcast here Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are now under central bankers’ microscopes as they explore ways to improve digital commerce, reinforce systemic resilience and preserve the foundational role of fiat money in global finance. Emerging technology for digital identities, fraud detection and other elements of a robust payment solution can be
The group convened Programme Oversight Committee 3 (POC 3) on 29 June to discuss CFTC reporting rewrite timelines, objectives, critical path, milestones and delivery options. Potential risks were reviewed and secretariat recommendations discussed.
Last week, over 30 organizations including regulators, global financial institutions, trade associations and vendors met under the auspices of JWG’s Regulatory reporting special interest group (RRDS). In this 27th meeting on regulatory reporting the group examined the feasibility of integrating prudential/statistical ‘top down’ or more aggregated reporting (e.g., CRR 430C, ESG) and ‘bottom up’ or more transactional data collection (e.g., EMIR, MiFID, CSDR). So far
JWG’s 2021 regulatory reporting research programme has concluded that the industry needs to step back and agree the digital vision for regulatory reporting. So far this year we have had over 20 firms, 10 suppliers, 7 regulators, 5 trade bodies and 3 academic institutions help align ‘top down’ and ‘bottom up’ risk data collection challenges
JWG summarized regulatory 2021 reporting efforts and explained how there are both prudential/statistical ‘top down’ or more aggregated reporting (e.g., Risk, ESG) with the ‘bottom up’ more transactional data collection (e.g., EMIR, MiFID, CSDR). The RRDS agenda will seek to share lessons learnt across both types of regulatory reporting innovations this year. Though concepts have been proven and studies generally align, without a more concrete description of the future risk information system which extends today’s notion of ‘data’ to include ‘language’ regulatory data efforts will continue to cost tens of billions while failing to achieve their policy objectives.
Digital Regulatory Reporting Architecture Working Group meeting 5 to review progress vs. plans and follow-up actions from oversight committee meeting 5 (DOC5) and Programme Oversight Committee 2 (POC2) and POC3
Business semantics and data requirements are foreign topics, not readily understood by policy makers
Complexity and (largely unnecessary) complication drive Technogenous risk
Regulation must foster system sustainability (e.g., reduce complication and avoidable complexity)
Global dialogue moving too slowly and narrowly vs. the speed and depth of technological progress
Target outcome: to complete a targeted Fx scope of 15-20 fields by end January and set the stage for a repeatable approach in Q121 Please note: The sprint relies on a set of DRR training videos produced from a previous DRR course which are attached to this meeting notice (see ‘supporting documents’ below on the
Last week marked a key turning point for the derivatives industry as it moves towards aggressive implementation deadlines for regulatory reporting on either side of the Atlantic. After a decade of international regulatory reporting the sector is marshalling resources to meet new CPMI/IOSCO implementation mandates for newly standardized common data elements. A poll
It was agreed that the programme was on target to delivering an EMIR Refit-ready Common Domain Model (CDM) for all asset classes in scope of the regime in Q1 22. This will give firms ample time for integration and testing in advance of the anticipated go-live date which is anticipated to be Q4 22. Members also expressed their support for launching a US-focused project on CFTC implementation as part of the Global DRR programme.
Sponsored by Accountability is a theme that has been on the industry’s to do list since the Great Financial Crisis. Five years since new senior management regimes started rolling out, global regulators are already raising the bar to include front-office culture audits which apply behavioural science to new culture and conduct measurement. New JWG research
The UK’s data transformation plans and Europe’s integrated reporting strategy are shaking RegTech and SupTech foundations and FS Supervisors need a new, bold and long-term approach to aligning data and technology strategies. As discussed in RRDS 26, the Global Derivatives DRR programme is enabling firms to meet CPMI/IOSCO deadlines in 2021 and offers an excellent
JWG summarized regulatory 2021 reporting efforts and explained how there are both prudential/statistical ‘top down’ or more aggregated reporting (e.g., Risk, ESG) with the ‘bottom up’ more transactional data collection (e.g., EMIR, MiFID, CSDR). The RRDS agenda will seek to share lessons learnt across both types of regulatory reporting innovations this year
Presentation from SIG meeting on 18 May to review updates to the trade surveillance regulatory agenda, review global accountability regimes and agree priorities for RegTech and SupTech tooling.
Digitization ramp-up and continued focus on CDE and EMIR Refit field modelling to deliver output that can meet ESMA obligations and help with the delivery of CFTC reporting requirements in 2022.
Digital Regulatory Reporting Architecture Working Group meeting 4 to review progress vs. semantic plans and follow-up actions from oversight committee meeting 5 (DOC5) and Programme Oversight Committee 2 (PoC2). DRR CDM semantic & disambiguation requirements review Semantic architecture options and resourcing Test data approach (AB/EH) Eligibility approach
4 half day training sessions in the US ET am to orient Digital Regulatory Reporting Digitizers By the end of the course participants will be able to transpose regulatory text into a CDM functional expression in Rosetta for the purposes of generating regulatory reporting. The course relies on a set of DRR training videos produced
JWG presentation and facilitation materials for Chatham house rules discussion with Regulators, Financial Institutions, Accademia and the Supply chain covering: 1.Introductions 2.Reporting strategies for 2050 3.EBA Integrated reporting consultation deep dive 4.Path forwards 5.Next steps
In an increasingly digital sector with divergent rule sets, the ability to manage the global compliance deltas in complex senior management accountability rules is fast becoming a critical differentiator for senior management seeking to work across borders. As we summarized in our latest Beacon, JWG’s surveillance community has covered quite a patchwork of regulatory obligations
We are pleased to release our 7th RegCast today. Cries for faster, better, and cheaper access to financial services by millions of investors have shaken the markets this year. With advice out of reach for most individuals racing into the markets, they are placing risky bets which are poorly understood. In this episode, Jackson Mueller, Seccurrency, Sam