The REGIS-TR RoundUp

In this special feature-length show we go in-depth with Urs Reich (Head of Public Affairs & Markets, SIX) and Laura Rodriguez (Head of Institutional Relations, Regis-TR) to discuss the challenges of managing relationships with government, market authorities, trade organisations and the many stakeholders that affect public affairs and markets at SIX.  We also discuss the big challenges facing m...

In this show, we answer the most frequently asked questions that market participants need to know about EMIR Refit, our reporting dashboard and UAT testing environment  - plua the changes they'll need to make to their own data capture and workflow to meet their new reporting obligations. Join co-hosts Andrew Keith Walker and Nick Bruce, with special guests Alvaro Gascon and Victor Rodriguez G...

This week we meet Massimo Salerno, Director of Treasury, Risk and Regulatory Services at Cecabank, and discuss their unique position within the Iberian region as both a market participant and a service provider to over 40 regulated financial entities. As a partner of Regis-TR and the Six Group, we also discuss the synergies and opportunities our partnership has provided with co-host Nick Bruce and...

In this show we go in-depth with EMIR expert - and old friend of the show - Tim Hartley, to talk about market readiness for EMIR's April 2024 go-live, the need for accurate high quality data reporting and discuss the complexities of the post-Brexit landscape. We're talking about dual reporting obligations, UPIs and some of the more complex areas like the status of UK AIFs under UK EMIR,...

In this week's show we catch-up with Fabian Klar and Fraser Reid from Regnology to discuss their view on building solutions for EMIR Refit - and preparing market participants for ESMA's new data quality requirements in the 2022 DQR. With regular hosts Nick Bruce and Andrew Keith Walker we discuss the ever closer alignment needed on UPIs, EU and UK EMIR, and common data elements shared be...

In this feature length episode we go in depth on the topic of CSDR, where it connects with EMIR Refit, and the implications for CSDs and ICSDs with Jesús Benito. Jesús is Head Domestic Custody & TR operations, SIX. In this show Jesús explains the complexities, challenge and opportunities for the CSD business from the unique perspective of someone working across an EU CSD and a third country IC...

This week we get an exclusive preview of the new 2023 EMIR Refit Readiness report from Novatus Advisory. Francis Stroudley, Director and Transaction Reporting Lead, Nick Bruce (Head of Business Development, Regis-TR) and house Andrew Keith Walker unpack some of the headline stats that have emerged from the Novatus industry study - with some surprising results about the general readiness of market...

Our 2023 shows kick off with a detailed discussion of the newly published EMIR Refit guidelines, discussing the practical implementation of the EMIR Refit guidelines, transitional period, data quality standards and reporting obligations. We're joined by Silvia Morales (Head of Product Management, Regis-TR) and the rest of the virtual studio crew to go in-depth with the new documentation and c...

In this special show, we look back at the major events of 2022 for Regis-TR and the SIX Group, as well as the great  events we attended from SIBOS to our own Post-Trade Summit. We also look at how the working life of a TR has changed coming out of Lockdown and getting back to new ways of working and travelling to connect with clients, plus the usual catch-up with our virtual studio crew and a espe...

In this week's special show we go in-depth with legal expert Andrea Ostini Della Vedova -   Head of Data Protection and Data Protection Officer for the SIX Group. In this chat with regular host Andrew Keith Walker, they explore different global approaches to AI regulation, the different levels of risk associated with AI tech, the likely impact on the Regtech and TR business and - of course -...

We are back for season 8, with a new weekly format and a host of new guests to take use though to 2023.  In our first ever in-person live studio show, we're at our Devonshire Square studio with Laura Bayley CEO Six X-Clear, Thomas Steimann CEO Regis-TR SA and our regular studio guest John Kernan, CEO Regis-TR UK and host Andrew Keith Walker. Together they discuss the likely impact of EMIR Ref...

In this week's very special episode we talk about the behind the scenes work of Bernard Gudowski, a director in the SIX M&A team and Head of Post Merger Integration & Separation. We explore the tight timelines and high efficiency with which Regis-TR was migrated from the Deutsche Börse group and over to SIX - and talk about the role of regulators, legacy systems and internal teams in...

In this show we take a mid-year review of where the TR industry and market participants are in their EMIR Refit preparations, plus look at the rest of the year and consider how new regulatory regimes like DORA will add more tasks into the planning process. Plus we update on internal projects at Regis-TR UK and SA, and announce our new partners within the Regis-TR regtech ecosystem.

In this show our special guest is the Head of Programmes and Content at GBBC Digital Finance, who leads us on a whirlwind tour of digital asset regulation, and the major issues affecting retail and wholesale digital currencies, cryptocurrencies, decentralised finance and smart contracts. We also explore the complex issues these new technologies raise for regulators in the EU and around the world,...

This week our special guest is Javier Hernani, CEO of BME and Head of Securities Services at the SIX Group. In this in-depth show, Javier talks about the journey for BME, REGIS-TR and SIX through the disruption of SFTR and EMIR REFIT, plus adapting to the pandemic years. He also looks forwards to greater integration of CSD and CCP services between SIX and BME, plus the emergence of digital assets...

This week we focus on the role of Relationship Managers, with Chris Mason (REGIS-TR UK) and Maria Denise Cane (REGIS-TR S.A.), who discuss the challenges of supporting market participants through an unprecedented era of change from SFTR and Brexit to the COVID-19 pandemic. Join them with hosts Andrew Keith Walker,  Nick Bruce and Laura Rodriguez as we explore the essential client service offering...

This week our special guest is Ron Finberg (Director, Regulatory Reporting @ S&P), in conversation with Nick Bruce and John  Kernan about the readiness of market participants for EMIR REFIT, potential Brexit Divergence, and the future of digital compliance. We also discuss S&P's UTI Connect tool for EMIR, consider the long term impact of other new regulations like DORA and talk about...

In this very special Season 7 premier, we are joined by an old friend of the RoundUp, Kevin Demeyer - Dirctor at Deloitte and former co-Chair of the ALFI working group on SFTR - an acknowledged expert of regulatory reporting regimes and data quality, and prominent member of the Luxembourg RegTech community.  We set-up Season 7 of the show with Kevin, and perform a mini health check on the state of...

In this very special feature length episode we look back at the last 2 years of the REGIS-TR RoundUp and consider the big stories that have dominated the TR news - SFTR, Brexit, MiFID II, EMIR REFIT and ESG - plus of course the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Join our special guest Seb Malik (Head of Financial Law at Market FinReg, author of MiFID II a survival guide) as he gives us his expert...

This week our Head of Business Development Nick Bruce, and CEO of REGIS-TR UK John  Kernan recorded a set of live interviews at the 2022 Informa Connect Trade & Transaction Reporting Summit in London. They get the latest views on the current market outlook for derivatives reporting in the face of EMIR Refit, UMR Phase 6, and the current market instabilities facing the EU, with expert insights...

To celebrate International Women's Day 2022,  Barbara Ruiz Alonso and Laura Rodriguez host a lively round-table discussion with the founders of Women in Securities Finance. WISF is a global industry organisation  was set up as a community to foster connections and promote the advancement of women in the securities finance industry - founded by Elaina Kim Benfield ( Assistant General Council @...

In this show our Head of IT, Rocio Peña, Head of Product Management Silvia Morales and Head of Project Management Angel Del Rio, discuss the plan for Regis-TR and their clients in 2022.  We discuss the move from the Deutsche Börse to the SIX Group, the preparations for EMIR Refit, and also the ESMA 2022 Roadmap and the implications it has for systems and flexible project management as the huge sca...

This week Mari-Carmen Mochon - our Incident & Business Continuity Manager - discusses the issues that market participants will face when the new Digital Operations Resilience Act passes into EU Law. We also consider the bigger issues of divergence between UK and EU standards for cyber security, plus the potential disruption from geo-political issues around the borders of the EU, as well as the...

Join us for an in-depth chat with Executive Director of Crypto UK - the trade body that is informing government policy and lobbying for more effective regulation of crypto assets in the UK.  In this show we explore the scope of crypto regulation initiatives, define the assets that qualify for regulation, and talk about the impact for market participants who want to increase their exposure to crypt...

Welcome to Season 6 of the RoundUp! In our new, longer format bi-weekly shows we are going in-depth with senior industry leaders, experts and market participants to cover off the big stories and major events facing Fintech firms, Regtech innovators and the Trade Repository ecosystem. This week, Tim Hartley (Director of EMIR Reporting at Kaizen) joins us to look at the challenges ahead in 2022 to m...