Nobody likes to see an Investment Management firm take the brunt for an entire industries lack of engagement, recognition and overall lacklustre approach around a piece of regulation. However, when earlier this month it was reported that Goldman Sachs had been fined £34.3m by the FCA for its MIFID 2 breaches the industry could be felt ...
By: Rob Swan
Category: Industry Insights/ People BlogDate: 24/05/19
As in so many industries, cloud technology, with all its inherent benefits, is being adopted by commodity trading organisations. Their tech landscape is definitely changing – and fast! Organisations are switching from on-premise commodity trading and risk management solutions to cloud-based systems.
By: Lape Runsewe
Category: Industry Insights/ People BlogDate: 29/03/19
The 43 police forces in the UK face a multitude of challenges. Stressed out from massively reduced budgets – direct government funding is down 30% since 2010 – violent crime is growing again, not to mention rising levels of domestic violence.
By: James Fraser
Category: Industry Insights/ People BlogDate: 08/08/18
There’s been loads of hype and speculation about the impact of process robotics on jobs and on offshoring and outsourcing. But is real progress being made for organisations? Is return on investment (ROI) being achieved by the early adopters?
By: Lape Runsewe
Category: People Blog/ Tech InsightsDate: 12/05/17
On January 3 2018, the EU’s revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive(MiFID) and Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (together MIFID II) will go-live. MiFID II aims to make financial markets in Europe more transparent and investor friendly and it is one of many measures enacted in response to the recent financial crisis.