Guest Contributor: Stevie Conlon, Senior Director & Tax Counsel, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Meeting the upcoming tax reporting requirements for the last phase of the cost basis law likely requires significant system overhauls for all brokers. Phase 3 debt reporting requirements present the most difficult system and tax data challenges yet. Given the complexity of
Buy-Side
Valuation Considerations for Illiquid OTC Derivatives
Guest Contributor: Matthew McFarland, Director, Business Development, CBOE Mandated clearing of certain interest rate swaps and credit default swaps was recently completed with the addition of Category 3 participants on September 9. While the advent of mandatory clearing presents several challenges, one aspect that has garnered little attention is valuations. OTC market participants, accustomed to valuations
Corporate Actions
The Next Frontier of Corporate Actions Data: Context
Guest Contributor: Dan Retzer, SunGard’s XSP Across nearly every sector of business, we are seeing an evolution from systems of record toward systems of engagement. As the data that we are dealing with explodes exponentially through use of emerging and disruptive technologies such as social, mobile, and geo-location, the business applications and tools we have
Guest Blog
Establishing a Blueprint for Regulatory Change in Europe
Guest Contributor: Michael Sits, head of business consulting, SunGard’s Capital Markets The potential impact of regulatory reform on financial firms’ business models has never been greater. Short selling, EMIR, CRD IV, MiFID and MAD revision are only a few of the new pieces of European legislation. Tackling each one in isolation could result in a
Guest Blog
ABOR, IBOR, MBOR, Etc. – Are We Getting BORed With Acronyms
Guest Contributor: Philip Sindel, President & CEO, Olmstead Associates, Inc. If you have been keeping up with trends within securities industry operations and technology you have probably encountered the newest set of acronyms, all of which revolve around BOR or Book of Records. The most recent discussion has been whether ABOR (Accounting Book of Records)
Guest Blog
Turn Regulatory Demands into Business Drivers: Automate the Trade Execution Expense Management Process
Guest Contributor: Terence Faherty, head of product strategy at Bonaire Software Solutions Beyond investor calls for increased transparency, regulations are pushing for a more accurate trading fee calculations and invoice reconciliation process. A recent Bonaire poll revealed that many firms are challenged by data consistency and accuracy which raises concerns in light of today’s regulatory
Data Management
Establishing a Blueprint for Regulatory Change in Europe
Guest Contributor: Michael Sits, head of business consulting, SunGard’s Capital Markets The potential impact of regulatory reform on financial firms’ business models has never been greater. Short selling, EMIR, CRD IV, MiFID and MAD revision are only a few of the new pieces of European legislation. Tackling each one in isolation could result in a
Compliance
Six Necessary Steps for Anti-Bribery and AML Screening Improvement
Guest Contributor:Henry Balani, Managing Director at BankersAccuity’s Risk and Compliance Group In an era of enhanced scrutiny, larger fines and the ongoing internationalization of anti-money laundering (AML) and anti-bribery regulations, organizations are facing increased risk and numerous challenges in achieving and maintaining compliance. For any organization, successfully complying with AML and anti-bribery and corruption regulations
Uncategorized
Hedge Funds – the Next Frontier for Automated Reconciliation
Guest Contributor: John Landry, CEO, Electra The recent regulatory mandates and the increased flow of institutional money into hedge funds have created a growing demand for automated reconciliation systems from the asset management community. Global institutional investment in hedge funds will increase 56% to $2.3 trillion by the end of 2017, from the end of
Guest Blog
FATCA and the Not-So-Sweet Side of M&M’s
Guest Contributor: Kristin Swenton Hochstein, Co-Chair of ISITC Regulatory Working Group and Americas Head of Entity Risk for Thomson Reuters Ask most people to think of M&M’s and they probably would recall something colorful and sweet. Ask someone close to FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) and they would have a slightly different perspective on
