February 12, 2014 - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released a Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. The framework provides a structure that organizations, regulators and customers can use to create, guide, assess or improve comprehensive cybersecurity programs.

January 29, 2014 - Bank boardroom focus on money laundering is at an all-time high, yet a third of executives think that their transaction monitoring systems are neither efficient nor effective, according to a survey from KPMG.

January 9, 2014 - The compliance technology and outsourcing vendor Global Reporting Company (GRC), which is jointly owned by the GMEX exchange trading technology provider and CoDiese advisory firm, is joining the REGIS-TR trade repository.

February 4, 2014 - Viewpointe®, a leading private cloud service provider to regulated industries, today announced the latest update of its information governance platform, OnPointe®. The latest enhancements help organizations leverage existing corporate content to maximize business value and recognize higher returns on investment in information governance, including defensible disposition and comprehensive eDiscovery.

January 23, 2014 - The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Standard Bank £7,640,400 for failings relating to its anti-money laundering (AML) policies and procedures over corporate customers, connected to politically exposed persons (PEPs).

December 17, 2013 - The reform of Britain's baking industry cleared one of the final barriers to implementation as MPs gave their approval of the measures, which are aimed at tackling structural and cultural issues within the industry.

January 29, 2014 - MetricStream's fast growth is recognized as "a disruptive force in the market" and the strength of the company's product offering and capabilities are highlighted by their receiving the highest score for "Current Offering" criteria.

January 15, 2014 - New rules governing trading and financial markets in Europe have been agreed by the European Commission (EC), Parliament (EP) and the bloc's national Council of Ministers this week. The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) II stipulations, which have the strength of a Regulation for some aspects in their updated form, creating the alternate MiFIR moniker, seeks to transform the securities market in Europe, as its predecessor did.

December 13, 2013 - The International Organization of Securities Commissions today published its final report on Regulatory Issues Raised by Changes in Market Structure, which makes four recommendations that seek to promote market liquidity and efficiency, price transparency, and investors´ execution quality in a fragmented environment.

January 29, 2014 - A new report from Gigaom Research suggests that exploiting the metadata surrounding an organisation's most valuable and sensitive information assets can provide businesses with a more complete understanding of their intellectual property.

January 10, 2014 - Singapore issued today its inaugural national risk assessment (NRA) report on money laundering and terrorist financing risks in the country.

December 12, 2013 - Wolters Kluwer Financial Services' experts across EMEA analyse 2013 and look forward to the upcoming year's challenges and opportunities.