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Turning technology against financial crime

25 October 2019

Megan Butler, Executive Director of Supervision – Investment, Wholesale and Specialists, talks about the following during here speech: Financial crime and the criminal activity it facilitates causes incalculable damage to society – our joint endeavour is to monitor entry, devise controls and erect barriers powerful enough to stop criminals from causing further harm. New technologies give us unprecedented access to innovative products and services, and flexibility in how we use them. But they also give criminals sophisticated tools to bend the financial system to their own ends. Used to the right ends, these technologies can be gamechangers in the fight against financial crime – both for industry and the regulator.

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Whitepaper

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The Connected Data Revolution in Financial Risk Reporting

24 October 2019

As governmental regulations tighten, today’s banks must have a thorough and systematic understanding of risk calculations and their associated data lineage—including where underlying data originates and how it flows through enterprise systems. This paper discusses how connected data and graph database technologies are a new way of transforming risk reporting in modern banks to help them meet the stringent demands of risk reporting compliance. Where data governance is key and needs to be addressed, a modern graph approach has proven to be more reliable for risk management than a traditional solution.

At the same time, those forward-looking banks are uniting data silos into an information foundation for building innovative applications. These solutions provide extreme visibility, transparency and deep analytical insights that improve compliance efforts and day-to-day decision making in a more simple and effective way.

Visitors to the Risk & Compliance Platform Europe can download this whitepaper for free. This document is intended for those with a professional interest in risk and / or compliance.

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Revised and strengthened UK Stewardship Code sets new world-leading benchmark

24 October 2019

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched a substantial and ambitious revision to the UK Stewardship Code. The new Code substantially raises expectations for how money is invested on behalf of UK savers and pensioners. In particular, the new Code establishes a clear benchmark for stewardship as the responsible allocation, management and oversight of capital to create long-term value for clients and beneficiaries leading to sustainable benefits for the economy, the environment and society.

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Belgian Cybersecurity Convention held to discuss cybersecurity risks and threats

22 October 2019
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by Michel Klompmaker

The Belgian Cyber Security Convention (BCSC) is an event that was held on October 16 to push organizations to seriously invest in protecting their data from exposure to cybersecurity risks and threats. The convention was organized by Brewery of Ideas and took place at the Lamot Congress Center in Mechelen. It aimed to unite some of the best European experts in cybersecurity coming from about 14 different countries. The goal of the convention was to get businesses, public and private organizations to meet these experts, pass on the latest insights and become informed on the most important best practices and technologies.
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ESAs consult on changes to the key information document for PRIIPs

18 October 2019

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have issued a Consultation Paper on amendments to existing rules underpinning the Key Information Document (KID) for Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs). The aims of the review are to address issues that have been identified by stakeholders and supervisors since the implementation of the KID in 2018 and Make specific changes to allow the rules to be applied to investment funds that are expected to have to prepare a KID from 1 January 2022 onwards.

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Brexit, Brexit, Brexit….

17 October 2019
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The European Commission has today recommended the European Council (Article 50) to endorse the agreement reached at negotiator level on the Withdrawal Agreement, including a revised Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland, and approve a revised Political Declaration on the framework of the future EU-UK relationship. The Commission also recommends that the European Parliament give its consent to this agreement. This follows a series of intensive negotiations between the European Commission and UK negotiators over the past few days. Continue reading…