Regulation
705 white papers and resources
Regulation underpins the practices and procedures of every single activity undertaken by the banking and finance communities: from what information needs to be contained in a disclosure document through to what constitutes bribery. Regulation is increasingly in focus, as the world’s governments struggle to bring us all back to financial stability. Below you will find law and regulation white papers that will show you the latest developments and what you need to do so your organisation stays within the law.
Making AML Compliance Easier and Smarter
This white paper explores how the entire banking and financial services industry is embracing graph in AML compliance. If further examines how those institutions that start early will get ahead of the curve and turn AML compliance from a burden into their advantage.
LIBOR Alternative Rates - The Transition and the Future of OTC Derivatives Pricing and Curve Construction
The development of new references rates alternative to LIBOR are expected to have direct consequences for derivatives contracts, particularly for those that do not mature until after 2021. This white paper discusses these issues and the preparations derivatives market participants should consider…
Optimising Data Lakes for Financial Services: Four key questions and a word of warning
This white paper explores key data lake questions and proposes a number of ways to tackle the implementation challenges. It goes on to further examine different ways you can optimise the data lake to ensure it fulfils its desired function.
Post-MiFID II Compliance: Can your market structure and execution infrastructure meet specified standards over the long haul?
This white paper explores post-MiFID II compliance. It further examines the bare necessities which organisations should be utilising in order to meet industry standards in the “long haul”.
Counting and Cutting the Cost of Compliance - A new tool to pinpoint and reduce compliance costs
This report outlines the key issues facing the industry in Risk Data, Aggregation and Regulatory Reporting (RDAR) cost compliance, details a robust methodology designed to highlight the core trends and ‘levers’ governing RDAR compliance costs, and offers clear, actionable insight to readers…
A Transformation in Progress: Perspectives and approaches to IFRS 17
This white paper analyses the findings from a recent SAS research survey and provides guidance on how organisations might best achieve compliance. It further provides a subjective, data-driven view of IFRS 17 along with valuable market context for professionals who are developing their own…
Blockchain in the Derivatives Market: Not to Be Dismissed
This white paper explores the evolution of the distributed ledger technology (DLT) phenomenon as well as its barriers to adoption. It further examines how blockchain can provide organisations with a solution to some of the issues facing the derivatives market.
Why Are Collateral Operations Managers So Focused on Initial Margin?
This white paper examines the need for firms to review their collateral infrastructure. It further defines a list of simplified steps for readying your firm for the implementation of the Initial Margin (IM).
AI Adoption Across Capital Markets - Opportunities, Challenges and Use-Cases
This white paper analyses the results of a recent WatersTechnology survey which aimed to gain a clearer sense of progress in capital markets adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). It further offers a fascinating study into what could be called ‘qualified optimism’ around AI.
Rethinking XVA sensitivities: Making them universally achievable
This white paper explores XVA calculation techniques that can accelerate performance and give banks an advantage over competitors. It further explores the benefits of calculating XVA’s using adjoint automatic differentiation over the ‘bump and run’ technique.