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…
July 23, 2024 - In: Article
The first King's Speech of the new Labour government has signalled some significant changes which will have an impact on financial services firms. These include changes to pensions, bank resolution, a boost to digital ID and reforms to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). "We will continue to work with industry to enhance the UK's international…
June 24, 2024 - In: Article
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a report on market outages, including good practices for managing them. An IOSCO survey found 42 market outages on listed trading venues between 2018 and 2022, primarily caused by software errors. Members of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) agreed with IOSCO's recommendations. "Our experience shows…
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 29, 2024 - In: Article
Firms required to report under the European Market Infrastructure Regime's (EMIR) Refit, face a looming deadline of April 29 to implement several vital changes. Those operating in the European Union and the UK will run a two-speed reporting regime until the UK's EMIR revamp goes live on Sept. 30. "Many firms will have an obligation…
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 26, 2024 - In: Article
With the CFTC UPI heading into production for Interest Rate, Credit, Foreign Exchange, and Equity asset classes on 29 January, it's a good opportunity to step back and look at opportunities to simplify derivatives regulatory reporting this year. We asked Chad Giussani for his perspectives in advance of our conference which he unplugged in 2020!…
January 22, 2024 - In: Analysis
Europe took a big step towards Digital Operational Resilience last week by issuing half of its new final technical standards one year from its implementation deadline. JWG has analysed the new, final standards and the second batch of DORA consultations with other technology efforts underway across the globe. We find that while some welcome clarity…
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…
December 12, 2023 - In: Article
Since the year 2000, banks have been fined almost a third of a trillion dollars. Yet, every year billions more are imposed. Why? This book explains why banks break the law (it’s not just the money), explains the challenges facing Compliance functions, considers that the majority of financiers don’t want to do wrong, and puts…
December 6, 2023 - In: Analysis
The UK Financial Services Regulatory Initiatives Forum released its second major Regulatory Initiatives Grid update of the year and the 7th edition of the Grid overall. Over three dozen new initiatives have been added to last year's plan (JWG Grid 6 analysis here) taking into account the summer update which flagged the significance of Financial…
November 27, 2023 - In: Article
The UK's Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS), which will test a new approach to rulemaking for digital securities trading and settlement infrastructure, should launch at the end of the first quarter 2024. "This is not our traditional Innovate sandbox. It is being specifically set up to allow infrastructure to test a new rule set that would…
October 17, 2023 - In: Press Release
London, UK – 17 October 2023 - JWG, the trusted financial services regulatory intelligence company, has been honoured with four more industry awards. Global Business & Finance Magazine has named JWG’s cutting edge regulatory technology (RegTech) solution as the Best RegTech Innovation of 2023. Meanwhile, Corporate LiveWire has named JWG as the Networking Platform of…
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 30, 2023 - In: Article
New, exacting BCBS 239 data quality expectations are coming into force just as EMIR Refit and JFSA derivative reporting is put into production 200 days from now. Businesses will be under pressure to deliver lineage for their data or risk fines and reputational damage. JWG’s DRR RegDelta is a RegTech solution that helps companies maintain…
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…
July 6, 2023 - In: Article
Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) technical standards, due to come into force in January 2025 have been released to a quick retort from industry. AFME and EACB warn of missing data, confused risk controls to implement tough new data and reporting requirements. Firms and their suppliers now have a little over 400 working days to…
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…