December 10, 2024 - In: Analysis
EU and UK Operational Resilience (OpRes) implementation packages are creating nervousness at end-of-year gatherings this year. In the wake of CrowdStrike this July, regulators pushed ahead with their detailed standards, and we have now catalogued over 93 documents, spanning 3,304 pages and nearly 46,000 paragraphs across our EU, UK documents, which defines the law of…
December 10, 2024 - In: Article
On the 5th of December the Bank of England and FCA held a Transforming Data Collection town hall which revealed the Bank is turning to industry standards to address 455 million errors per day. That’s a lot of thankless standards work which could change the game. We know this from hard experience. JWG has been…
November 25, 2024 - In: Analysis
The latest JWG survey results and insights reveal why collaboration between vendors and firms is critical to operational resilience. Contact us Introduction The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is more than a looming regulatory deadline: it is a call to action for the entire financial ecosystem to rethink how our digital supply chain is managed,…
November 25, 2024 - In: Analysis
As the clock ticks down to the EU’s 17 January 2025 Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) deadline, suppliers face a unique opportunity to redefine their role. This isn’t just about compliance—it’s about fostering transparency, breaking silos, and becoming true partners in resilience. Far from being too late, now is the perfect time to get started.…
November 4, 2024 - In: Article
The financial sector is facing increasing regulatory demands, and firms need new approaches to maintain compliance while driving operational efficiency. Industry experts shared their perspectives at FINOS’ October 2024 OSSF event in NYC and demonstrated how traditional methods of regulatory reporting, often disjointed and expensive, are being revolutionized by the use of open source technologies…
October 25, 2024 - In: Analysis
As the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) prepares to reshape the regulatory landscape for digital asset providers by 2025, businesses are under increasing pressure to implement robust operational resilience strategies. As JWG and Memery Crystal’s ‘Decoding DORA’s Digital Asset Impact’ roundtable, held under Chatham House rule with industry experts revealed this month, the distinct challenges…
October 22, 2024 - In: Analysis
Despite various regulatory initiatives, the road to robust operational resilience is far from clear. We are still very much in the "foothills" of creating effective, adaptable resilience frameworks. Firms and their suppliers should view the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) as the foothills of the Operational Resilience (OpRes) mountain, not the gold standard. By the…
October 9, 2024 - In: Analysis
This week, ten leading financial institutions gathered at JWG’s Winning the OpRes Marathon roundtable in London to debate the evolving challenges of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and other global Operational Resilience (OpRes) regulations. Hosted by First Derivative and facilitated by JWG under the Chatham House Rule, the discussions underscored the urgency for financial…
October 8, 2024 - In: Article
In a landmark third SteerCo meeting, industry leaders from FINOS’ Open RegTech Council, supported by industry think-tank, JWG delved into the groundbreaking results from the open-source regulatory reporting (ORR) initiative last month. Digital Regulatory Reporting (DRR) and the Common Domain Model (CDM) are poised to revolutionize regulatory compliance and leaders are getting ahead of the…
October 6, 2024 - In: Analysis
In today's interconnected world, operational resilience has become a top priority for financial institutions. With the implementation of the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), organizations are being urged not only to get ready for storms, but to strengthen their overall infrastructure and how their fate is tied to the fleets they sail with. Captains…
September 30, 2024 - In: Analysis
In the global race for Operational Resilience (OpRes), climbing the DORA hill is the ultimate test for financial entities in Q125. JWG's analysis reveals that DORA standards equips institutions for the UK's requirements but the gap between UK obligations and DORA will trip some runners up. The reality is becoming clear: financial entities and their…
September 9, 2024 - In: Analysis
This summer, EU regulators delivered final Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) standards and the FS sector now has a little under 100 days for a ‘great repapering’ of policies, contracts, procedures, control logs, regulatory reports and supplier databases. Billions are being spent as lawyers and consultants prepare for board room panics in September over this…
June 19, 2024 - In: Article
The EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) dragon is getting ready for flight in 150 days. Leave your castle walls in disrepair over the summer holidays at your peril. This regulation has taken a far deeper, broader and more prescriptive approach to derisking the ‘end to end’ Information Communication and Technology (ICT) risk than ever…
June 14, 2024 - In: Press Release
London, UK – 17 June 2024 - JWG, the trusted financial services regulatory intelligence company, has been honoured with three more industry awards. Global Business & Finance Magazine has awarded JWG, Most Trusted Financial Services Regulatory Intelligence Company, UK 2024, Best Networking Platform of the Year, UK 2024 and purveyor of the Best AI-Powered Compliance RegTech,…
May 13, 2024 - In: Analysis
In a pivotal move, regulators have unequivocally thrown down the data gauntlet to banks, underscoring a pressing challenge: few banks are currently positioned to meet these rigorous standards. After taking on board 300 industry comments, EU regulators issued a new, comprehensive and granular Guide on effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting. Though the 20 page…
April 4, 2024 - In: Article
Global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) have increasingly turned to the open-source Common Domain Model (CDM) to retool their reporting systems and advance digital regulatory reporting (DRR) while boosting interoperability. Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Barclays and BNP Paribas have all piloted various projects related to trade and transaction reporting and are examining further use cases, such…
February 21, 2024 - In: Article
U.S. regulators have started to fine tier-one firms for failing to capture complete and accurate trade data in surveillance systems tracking market abuse. Trade data accuracy and completeness was a significant U.S. regulatory focus, said a senior UK market abuse compliance official speaking at a conference held under the Chatham House rule this month. JP…
January 16, 2024 - In: Analysis
Regulators are disappointed with Banks’ data management and they have been careful to point out that they expect ESG data to be up to scratch. Getting ESG data right is now a board-level imperative for 2024. The implementation of Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will formally put controllers on the hook. However, unlike some regulatory…
January 8, 2024 - In: Article
Generative AI (GenAI) continues to evolve quickly and shows great promise for financial institutions. But here's the catch: senior management regimes, like SM&CR and SEAR, hold ‘Senior Executives’ accountable for compliance, not machines. So, how do SMFs/SEFs tick all the boxes which (in the EU) are written into the new EU AI Act or (in…
January 5, 2024 - In: Article
We are pleased to announce the first wave of confirmed firms, regulators and trade associations are participating in JWG’s 8th annual RegTech conference, ‘Getting real about RegTech 2024. Don’t miss this opportunity to join this premier global event which articulates the key challenges which RegTech can help overcome in 2024. Register here RegTech year 8 Regulators…
October 10, 2023 - In: Article
New JWG research JWG, the trusted financial services regulatory intelligence company, has announced the publication of a ground-breaking research paper ‘Embedded Compliance Unlocked: Leverage AI-enabled compliance tooling now to be ready for 2025.’ With the relentless demand for improved compliance and cost/income ratios, financial institutions of all sizes are experiencing pressure to upgrade their approaches.…
September 13, 2023 - In: Article
JWG’s eighth annual conference will be the premier, global event for setting the 2024 RegTech agenda on 7 February in London. Join us to help shape the debate today. Register for 7 February 2024 About the JWG RegTech agenda Long recognised as the first, biggest and most professional public/private sector agenda debate, JWG is continuing…
August 15, 2023 - In: Article
US Regulators fired a $555m shot across Wall Street’s bow last week by holding them accountable for their employees’ pervasive use of unauthorized communication methods, like private texts and in some cases WhatsApp. This is the second batch of ‘market moving’ fines in the US within a year , yet no other country has followed…
July 27, 2023 - In: Article
The introduction of regulatory frameworks such as SFDR, CSRD, MiFID II, and EU Taxonomy Regulation isn't just a simple compliance task. ESG rules require new systems and data to support best practices for handling this data are still in their formative stages. In great news for RegTech users, international regulators endorsed long-awaited global industry standards…
June 19, 2023 - In: Article
The next five years are shaping up to be the most strategic period of regulatory engagement on industry data since the financial crisis. ESMA’s new 5 year data strategy illuminates a well thought through path to achieving real transparency though technology-enabled data hubs that cover the full scope of current and new capital markets activity.…
May 23, 2023 - In: Article
In response to mounting global concerns about generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), legislators and stakeholders have been listening hard to technologists while finalizing tough new rules for digital non-financial risk. Will AI be a wake-up call for firms to define ‘what good looks like’ for infrastructure standards before massive fines start to land? To avoid a…