The final regulations of MiFID II announced today are likely to lose brokers business, analysts their jobs and also hit fund managers’ profits says Cleveland & Co Associates, the boutique legal advisory business. Among the new regulations of MiFID II, which are due to come into effect in January 2018,
SteelEye, the compliance technology and data analytics firm, has appointed Matt Smith (pictured), a highly-experienced regulatory tech specialist, as its new Chief Executive Officer. Smith’s appointment is aimed at helping drive the firm’s growth as it markets its secure and scalable data storage platform which incorporates best-in-class analytics. The SteelEye
Regulatory reporting has become a critical component of running an alternative investment fund. This requires well-developed data sourcing and data management processes to help ensure that fund managers remain compliant. Until a few years ago, there were no formal regulatory reporting requirements on the part of alternative investment managers. Following
Cordium, a provider of governance, risk and compliance services, has launched a solution to help firms adapt to the new requirements of the Criminal Finances Act, set go into effect in September 2017. Introduced by HM Revenue and Customs, the new legislation is intended to prevent the facilitation of tax
Due diligence company Castle Hall Alternatives has expanded its OpsMonitor due diligence monitoring platform with a range of new features, accessed through the firm’s DueDiligenceProfessional online app, include detailed financial statement and ADV reviews, dashboards and analytics. “Diligence monitoring is the foundation of any effective due diligence program,” says Chris
SEI has welcomed three new participants to Codify, the company’s new Regulation Technology (RegTech) incubator. Codify is the first London-based incubator designed solely for financial regulation technology developers. The incubator provides participants with crucial business resources and development opportunities, including office space in SEI’s UK headquarters for a minimum of four
Fintech company Koger has deployed its flagship NTAS platform for fund administration and compliance in the cloud. NTAS is a share registry system that manages fund tracking, reporting and fee calculation. More than 8,000 funds with USD2 trillion in assets are administered through NTAS, which is used by many
ZEDRA, an independent fund specialist in trust, corporate and fund services, has placed an order with Sovos – the tax compliance software experts – for its AEOI Reporting solution. Once implemented, the solution will help ZEDRA meet the demands of its tax, compliance and reporting obligations. More than 100
London-based Feedstock is operating a research platform that offers buy-side fund managers a one-stop-shop to managing their research activities under MiFID II. Feedstock acts as a productivity tool by integrating with a buy-side firm’s email system. By filtering through the hundreds of research reports that are sent on a daily
Last year the number of hedge fund launches globally fell by an estimated 40 per cent, but despite this there have been a number of positive developments for the funds industry in the BVI. One is the creation of an AIFMD opt-in regime for the BVI, called the Securities and
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