On March 27, ESMA published a consultation on changes to the technical standards of trade reporting under the EMIR Refit legislation. Highlights include: ESMA proposes a complete overhaul of EMIR with full alignment to SFTR in terms of validations and data formats and alignment with MiFIR in terms of how to handle reference data (specifically … Continued

Looming regulatory deadlines – such as the impending roll-out of Europe’s Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) – are rarely welcomed by compliance teams at buy- and sell-side firms. But the introduction of this complex and far-reaching regulation, starting April 2020, offers market participants a significant opportunity. Firms that have so far adopted a tactical approach … Continued

NEW YORK, NY – Compliance Solutions Strategies (“CSS”), the leading global RegTech platform backed by CIP Capital that enables compliance professionals across the global financial services industry to navigate complex regulatory requirements, has acquired TradeChannel, a leading provider of post-trade regulatory reporting, data and systems integration software to the financial services industry. TradeChannel, based in … Continued