Best execution and transaction reporting are the two areas of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive that are keeping compliance departments awake at night, according to Ian Warford, director of securities and capital markets at Microsoft...
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Read articleContinuous monitoring of a firm's data and transactions helps to reduce auditing fees, catch potential problems before they arise and ensure regulatory compliance, according to software vendor ACL...
Read articleMost banks and insurers are not enamoured with having regulators dictate their spending on IT and systems but they should look at the business opportunities that new systems can offer. Regulation poses other challenges, Jerry Norton, LogicaCMG's director of strategy, global financial services, told Complinet...
Read articleSpreadsheets may be the tool of choice for traders, marketing professionals and finance departments, but their lack of accountability makes them a nightmare for anyone managing operational risk and compliance. One company claims to have the solution by making spreadsheets fully auditable, even down to individual cell level...
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