Draft of Secret Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) - Financial Services Annex leaked
by Kylene Casanova
WikiLeaks claim that proponents of TISA aim to further deregulate global financial services markets
Control & Compliance in Operations
Background
Not only do corporate treasurers have to ensure water tight controls in all their operations and risk management, they have to prove it by having full records of what has been carried out and why.…
Read moreSIX to launch a Swiss trade repository
by Kylene Casanova
Will be the 7th trade repository in Europe
EMIR reconciliation between trade repositories is still a mess
by Kylene Casanova
ESMA seems to have no plan on how to solve the problem, while EMIR reporting services see increasing business as new corporates join their service and/or rationalise their reporting channel
Implementing Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures & ESMA MiFID II initiatives
by Kylene Casanova
PFMI progress report shows significant progress and the ESMA Consultation on the MiFID II standards has already revealed concerns from corporate treasurers
OECD reveals new multi-lateral instrument to enforce transfer pricing rules
by Kylene Casanova
OECD BEPS task force believe that their initiatives to enforce comprehensive international transfer pricing rules globally will be live in next 2-3 years
Thomson Reuters enhances Accelus Risk Manager with new ERM functionality
by Kylene Casanova
Developments include advanced visualisation capabilities, regulatory stress testing, model risk analysis and improved search
Cloud based low cost collateral management solution from CloudMargin
by Kylene Casanova
Comprehensive solution to a growing problem for corporate treasury departments
What to do about European regulation on Over The Counter derivatives
by Kylene Casanova
EMIR, etc. briefing notes, useful sites and links
Developing a debt compliance policy is essential
by Kylene Casanova
Serious consequences if don’t have a rigorous procedures for managing your debt
Integrated compliance systems and services are coming
by Kylene Casanova
Don’t accept anything less in any TMS, investment service, payment service, etc. that you use
SWIFT expand their role for banks and corporates in reducing financial crime risk
by Kylene Casanova
New Compliance Analytics Service for banks and Barclays joins KYC service, but will corporates accept?
BELLIN’s new features in cloud based tm5 show how TMS’s are developing
by Kylene Casanova
Added: one touch EMIR reporting and enhanced market data service with vwd
India tighten up on inter-company loans with higher disclosure rules & penalties
by Kylene Casanova
New 2013 Companies Act requires corporates to fix inter-company loan rates to government securities.
Proposed new US legislation would curtail CFTC powers on derivatives markets
by Kylene Casanova
Return to sanity? Probably not, but at least we’ll learn what the costs of Dodd-Frank were…..
USA’s CFTC begins swaps-data overhaul because don’t understand the market data
by Kylene Casanova
Agency issues request for comment on information reporting from swaps-data repositories
CME Group receives regulatory approval for launch of its European exchange
by Kylene Casanova
Will launch on 27 April to list first commodity products, and launch a suite of FX futures products
EMIR - what next?
by Kylene Casanova
Evolving global regulatory framework, tips and opportunities
IRS releases final regulations to implement FATCA which starts on 1 July 2014
by Kylene Casanova
FATCA agreements with foreign governments could cause political tensions
EMIR Compliance - smooth start to reporting, but reconciliation is a farce
by Kylene Casanova
UK financial regulator only gives UK corporates till 30 April to comply
FTT: is the European Commission preparing to limit just to levy on share transactions alone?
by Kylene Casanova
Could this be the game changer that corporates in Europe need?
ESMA on 11 February issued 78 page Q&A update on EMIR reporting
by Kylene Casanova
Sort of apologises for lateness and provides ‘let out’ for corporates not ready
What to do if not ready for February 12th EMIR reporting deadline
by Kylene Casanova
Make sure you have a credible plan for EMIR reporting to describe when the authorities ring
‘Cross-Border swaps reprieve is close’, Bloomberg report
by Kylene Casanova
U.S. and EU said to be near agreement on short-term relief from Dodd-Frank for overseas derivatives
EMIR reporting: a train crash that has happened. Just waiting to see mess?
by Kylene Casanova
Another survey confirms many corporates are not ready, also other players may not be ready either