Over 100 delegates from the energy markets joined b-next and other compliance experts across the energy trading sector at the 7th Energy Trading and Risk summit in London this March. Comprehensive updates on regulations such as REMIT and MiFID II were discussed by industry experts during a series of panels. Regulators and market participants also […]
Having just passed the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) deadline in July 2016, further regulation in the shape of MiFID II (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) /MiFIR scheduled for early 2018 (delayed from 2017) means there will be little respite from regulatory pressure for buy-side and sell-side firms in the coming year. How can technology help these firms continue to do the right thing in terms of compliance?
In early September, over 200 banks, brokers, buysides and other market participants gathered at the 4th annual FOW Regulation near the world famous Tower of London, to discuss the impact of European regulation. Expert panelists including European regulators, solicitors, heads of trading, regulation and compliance, and leading technologists debated topics including Brexit and its impact […]
Market abuse is like theft. And, there are many shades of abuse in the securities trading world – from the outright prohibited to the downright frowned upon. At least a dozen different abuse scenarios have been identified under the Market Abuse Directive (MAD) in Europe, with many colourful labels used to describe a plethora of […]
The role of software in monitoring market abuse – how can firms monitor market abuse using specialist software solutions and the types of instrument that can be monitored. Example scenarios will also be examined.
Forex rigging has cost banks dear with regulators issuing multi-billion dollar fines and individual traders facing criminal prosecution. Investor litigation in the wake of manipulation of the foreign exchange markets now threatens to add further to the financial and reputational toll of the scandal. How does such market manipulation take place and what role can surveillance tools play in detecting this illegal behaviour?