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Market abuse has fractured the reputation of the financial markets and dented investor confidence. Global regulators have responded with billion dollar fines and regulatory initiatives such as MiFID I, MAR and Dodd-Frank. The market is now counting down to the next major initiative, which will be MiFID II in January 2018. As we approach the […]
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Wolfgang Fabisch, CEO of b-next, in the panel discussion “How can you comply with MAR and take your trade surveillance to the next level.” Paris, the city of light, famous for its leading role in the age of enlightenment, was the apt backdrop for this year’s Tradetech Europe 2017, held on 25th – 26th April. […]
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 […]
Wolfgang Fabisch, comments in Euromoney on how the rise in FX algo usage will extend the scope of surveillance and the remit of chief compliance officers. Click here to read the full article.
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?