Nick Nicholls By Nick Nicholls Posted on 27/09/2016
Securities Finance Transaction Reporting: It’s a Heptathlon not a Sprint

The next draft of the Securities Finance Transaction Reporting (SFTR) regulation is due soon. Given the responses to the consultation document, it is unlikely to be the final draft. On ...

Abi Olapade By Abi Olapade Posted on 27/04/2016
The evolving impacts of the Senior Management Regime

As the effects of the Senior Management Regime (SMR) begin to be felt, GFT regulatory specialist Abi Olapade (Principal Consultant), analyses why senior managers in the UK need sufficient regulatory ...

Nick Nicholls By Nick Nicholls Posted on 23/03/2016
Time for banks to reverse their downward path in ROE and take control of their balance sheet / destiny

With many considerable challenges currently facing investment banks, we have analysed how banks could be able to truly manage their businesses and make significant organisational changes. The tsunami of regulation (Basel ...

Oriol Pujol By Oriol Pujol Posted on 09/02/2016
Don’t take a break from your MiFID II compliance

With 2016 seen as a key year from a regulatory compliance standpoint due to the timeline of MiFID II / MiFIR, Oriol Pujol (Principal Consultant, GFT) analyses why it is ...

Michael Engelman By Michael Engelman Posted on 26/01/2016
Better Data Part II: Be effective

The importance of an effective data governance programme The financial industry collects enormous volumes of data every day, yet progress in the area of data governance has been slow. We examine ...