2021

By: Vince Turcotte, Sales Director, APAC, Eventus To say that it has been an eventful year for cryptocurrency and virtual assets would be an understatement, and that’s as true on the regulatory side as it is for the markets themselves. In Asia, there has been a particularly strong push among governing regimes to define the steps […]

Originally published in Markets Media By Joseph Schifano, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Eventus Since the introduction of the EU’s REMIT regulation, many headline prosecutions have exposed weaknesses in the surveillance of market abuse in wholesale commodity and energy market trading. Prompted by severe punitive actions by global regulators against a number of the market’s participants,

Originally published in Harrington Starr’s The Financial Technologist (2nd Edition) By: Eric Einfalt, Chief Strategy Officer, Eventus When we launched Eventus at the end of 2014, we had one goal in mind: provide a better mousetrap to firms in the capital markets space to efficiently meet their obligation to surveil their trading activity and manage

Today’s fast-changing markets and complex trading environment require capital markets firms to take a more holistic approach to trade surveillance.   Download this white paper to learn about Eventus’ Validus platform: a cutting-edge trade surveillance solution which focuses on anomaly detection and creates new algorithms so market participants no longer need to rely on static

Originally published in The Block By Joseph Schifano, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs at Eventus Defining new crypto market regulation in Europe is a delicate balance, according to Peter Kerstens, European Commission Advisor, presenting at the recent Shining a Light on Digital Asset Markets Conference 2021, hosted by Eventus and the Association for Digital Asset Markets

On June 22-23, Eventus co-hosted an event, Shining a Light on Digital Asset Markets 2021, with ADAM.  One focus area was the institutional adoption of digital assets, with the need for regulatory clarity standing out as a consistent theme. SEC Commissioner Peirce channeled that concern, stating, “My complaint has been that too much of the conversation

By: Joe Schifano, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Eventus Systems   Originally published in Mondovisione Crypto trading is going mainstream. With the imminent launch of several new digital securities exchanges, and announcements of inter-bank transactions in digital assets becoming daily news, financial institutions must prepare to offer trading and investment in a diverse range of

The saga of the institutionalization and regulation of digital asset markets is one of the most important and compelling storylines in financial services today, with massive implications for the future of investing. And while market participants and the regulators that oversee them have demonstrated a remarkable willingness to engage on these topics, voices from around