Britain's banking reform clear final barrier
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.
IOSCO reports on regulatory issues raised by changes in market structure and technology
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.
2014: A Year of Significant Movement and Transformation for Financial Services Firms
December 12, 2013 - Wolters Kluwer Financial Services' experts across EMEA analyse 2013 and look forward to the upcoming year's challenges and opportunities.
IBM launches regulation framework for financial services
December 11, 2013 - IBM (NYSE: IBM) Global Business Services today announced a new financial services framework to help banks tackle regulation and keep their key business services available. This framework comes in two parts:
Federal Reserve Board releases outsourcing guidance
December 6, 2013 - The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday released guidance reminding financial institutions it supervises to exercise appropriate risk management and oversight when using service providers.
ISACA - 10 Questions to Ask Before Deploying Security as a Service
December 4, 2013 - Companies seeking to improve information security without incurring significant expense are increasingly turning to the cloud for security as a service (SecaaS), which promises low costs and high flexibility. But when cloud security is already a concern, outsourcing security services themselves to the cloud poses a significant set of risks to address. A new free, downloadable white paper from global IT association ISACA evaluates the impact of SecaaS on an enterprise and outlines 10 key questions to ask—and answer—before deploying it.
Optial (UK) Limited demonstrate their newly created GRC platform for Solvency II Governance
November 26, 2013 - Aon Global Risk Consulting, the risk management consulting arm of Aon plc (NYSE: AON), and Optial (UK) Limited have collaborated to create the first truly integrated Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) system for the commercial insurance and reinsurance sector.
EU politicians reach Omnibus II agreement over Solvency II insurance rules: 2016 start date agreed
November 15, 2013 - European Union politicians have broken the deadlock over the Omnibus II directive that will amend the Solvency II capital adequacy rules for the insurance sector. The deal reached this week will enable the risk-based capital regime, which mirrors the Basel III capital rules for the banking sector, to finally start in 2016.
