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By: Joseph Schifano, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs The need for next-generation technology to meet increasing regulatory challenges A number of high-profile cases of market manipulation in the wholesale commodity and energy sector in recent years have resulted in significant fines for those involved and prompted an increase in scrutiny of the sector by regulators. […]

Originally published in Forkast  By Vince Turcotte, Sales Director, Asia Pacific at Events Systems Hong Kong Right now, Hong Kong has the clearest and most detailed requirements for licensing of VASPs of any jurisdiction in Asia. It begins with the Securities and Futures Ordinance, a foundational document for the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). In

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