As part of a series on post-trade operations predictions for 2015, FTF News gathered forecasts earlier this month from key industry analysts. For Virginie O’Shea, a senior analyst with Aite Group, FTF News asked her to name the Ops area that will see the most progress in 2015 and the post-trade activities that could prove… Read More >>
Q&A: Most Want Relief from Packaged Trades
A senior analyst with Aite Group, David Weiss will be hosting a panel on packaged trading, “Taking the Whole Package,” for the DerivOps NY conference, sponsored by Financial Technologies Forum (FTF), and taking place Nov. 6. He took time from his schedule to answer FTF News’ questions about package trades and the pending changes to… Read More >>
Regulatory Onslaught Brings New Respect for Compliance
Over the past few years chief compliance officers (CCOs) have gone from wet blankets to hot tickets. In the process they’ve seen their job description undergo a shift just as fundamental as the rapidly changing regulations whose impact on financial services firms have thrust CCOs into the spotlight. The job market for CCOs and other… Read More >>
LEI at a Crossroads
In an eleventh hour move, a key panel of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) is pushing for the removal of the registration authority from the proposed standard for legal entity identifiers (LEIs). This leaves the SWIFT financial messaging cooperative, a backer of the LEI effort, without a clear role. Undaunted, SWIFT says it’s a strong… Read More >>
