By Martina Rejsjo, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Eventus The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently filed a civil enforcement lawsuit against an individual for an alleged fraudulent scheme to inflate the value of a private hedge fund by manipulating the price of the fund’s single largest holding, a thinly-traded equity. The individual was the […]
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Originally published by Finextra By: Mike Castiglione, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Digital Assets, Eventus The year 2022 proved what many of us already know: Compliance issues can sink your business or help you survive in volatile, uncertain markets. Regulatory technology, or regtech, is how firms solve the riddle of complying with complex rules in
Originally published by Markets Media By: Jeff Bolke, Chief Revenue Officer, Eventus What was the highlight of 2022? The highlight is our continued growth, as clients and prospects face ever-mounting regulatory and compliance challenges and the need to do more with less. Markets have been volatile and uncertain. So firms are relying on us
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Joining us for our latest Eventus Quick Cuts episode “EU and UK Digital Assets Regulations,” is special guest Mark Aruliah, Senior Policy Adviser from Elliptic. Mark speaks to our Director of Regulatory Affairs, Digital Assets Mike Castiglione about the key differences in European versus UK crypto regulation. Mark brings his expertise as an ex-regulator
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NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2022 – Eventus, a leading global provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, and Fennel Financials LLC, which just launched an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)-focused platform offering retail investors access to tools to better engage with companies, today announced that Fennel has chosen to deploy the Eventus
By: Chris Waitz, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Eventus The CFTC recently released its annual report on enforcement results. The report summarizes the enforcement action taken over the previous year and provides insight into the areas of focus for the agency. This year’s report demonstrates the CFTC’s continued commitment to protecting customers and ensuring market
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By: Joseph Schifano, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Eventus FINRA recently alerted members to an emerging threat: “pump-and-dump-like” schemes against thinly-traded initial public offerings (IPOs). The behavior that FINRA, NASDAQ, and NYSE have all observed includes a bad actor manipulating the price of a small-cap IPO to inflate the price (pump) and then profit
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In this episode of Eventus Quick Cuts, Mike and Joe discuss the topic of government enforcement action against market abuse. Joe covers the significance of the Coscia and Oystacher spoofing cases, including how they impacted compliance teams and key lessons learned. About Eventus Eventus is a leading global provider of multi-asset class trade
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Originally published by The TRADE New study from Acuiti, commissioned by Eventus, found increased regulatory requirements and market volatility to be the main drivers of heightened complexity in trade surveillance. A new study from Acuiti has found increasing investment in automation to combat pressure on manual processes. This has been found to be resulting
London / New York / Singapore – 29 November 2022: The increasing complexity of trade surveillance requirements, driven by regulatory demands and exacerbated by volatility, is putting pressure on manual processes and driving investment in automation, a new study by Acuiti has found. Acuiti’s latest report — “Getting to the risk quicker: How trade surveillance
