The REGIS-TR RoundUp

In this special Christmas show we have a flying visit with the RoundUp team to hear how they will be spending Christmas before moving onto the main feature, a discussion that was held at the REGIS-TR S.A. client event in November with ISLA's David Shone (Dir. Market Infrastructure & Technology) and Adrian Dale (Head of Regulation and Market Practice).  REGIS-TR UK CEO, and RoundUp regular...

In this last interview show of Season 5, we catch-up with Jesus Benito, Vice Chairman of REGIS-TR and CEO of Iberclear, to talk about the future of the TR Industry, the CSD industry and market infrastructure moving into 2022. We're looking at the impact of EMIR, CSDR, UMR and new technologies in the Regtech space.  Plus we're celebrating our own good news as The REGIS-TR RoundUp becomes...

This week we are joined by Donal Gallagher, President of Quaternion Expert Services (Acadia) who discusses the role of technology in all aspects of risk management in derivatives from collateral management to regulatory reporting. We discuss the need for new market participants under UMR to increase their connectivity and optimise their operations within networks of counterparties, and use interop...

This week we have an in-depth discussion with industry expert, consultant and podcaster Roy Zimmerhansl of Pierpoint Financial Consulting  (and formerly HSBC's Global Head of Securities Lending).  With Nick Bruce (Head of Business Development) and Laura Rodriguez (Head of Institutional Relations) Roy discusses the issues that are shaping the green securities  industry and ESG securities, cove...

This week we're talking about the big issues that were raised at our EMIR Refit Q&A webinar on Wednesday 3rd November. Our guests are Ron Finberg (Director of Regulatory Reporting products at Cappitech by IHS Markit) and Silvia Pelcova, one of our relationship managers. They're reporting back on the mood of the market participants and their concerns over timings, reporting changes to...

This week our special guests are clinical psychologist Dr. Lulu Preston and work-life integration coach Catherine Henrotte.  We're discussing the way our brains work and respond to difficult situations and disruption, brain hacks for dealing with the challenges of returning to work, plus preview Dr. Lulu's talk at the upcoming Regis-TR client event on November 10th.  Catherine Henrotte a...

This week it's a UK TR special taking an in-depth look at how the FCA is on-shoring and consulting on UK EMIR REFIT.  We go under the hood of this major undertaking with CEO of Regis-TR UK, John Kernan, Chief Compliance Officer UK Matthew Hill, UK Managing Director and acting COO David Retana and Institutional Relations Manager for EU and UK Laura Rodriguez.  We're discussing the recent...

This week we're joined by Francisco Fernandez (Product and Business Development, Regtech) and Karim Recz (Regtech Products Manager) from BME Inntech to discuss the role Big Data analysis plays in optimising market participants' operations and business performance. Plus we're joined by the virtual studio crew to talk about the importance of improving data quality to both regulators a...

This week we go in-depth on the current state of preparation for EMIR REFIT, and how both market participants and the TR industry are readying themselves for the next wave of regulatory change, plus the changes to SFTR coming as well. Expert insights from Silvia Morales Ivorra (Head of Product Management) and Irene Mermigidis, MD and GEM.  Plus our Institutional Relations Manager Laura Rodriguez g...

In a very special in-depth episode, Viola Lutz, Head of Climate Solutions at ISS ESG and one of Forbes 30 under 30 financial influencers talks about the current state of ESG within the markets and the reporting implications. Viola has overseen the screening of over $3.3tril of ESG assets for institutional investors, and is a recognised expert on ESG and its impact on securities lending, green coll...

This week Laura Rodriguez (Head of Institutional Relations) gives us a summary of the new ESMA Risk Dashboard, and Sustainable Performance Coach Catherine Henrotte  gives practical advice and life-hacks for attaining better work-life integration as we transition back into office and hybrid home working routines.  Plus Laura Gibson (Brexit Reporter & Producer) gives us a Brexit update, we meet...

We're back for Season 5 of the RoundUp with a new Virtual Studio Crew and more senior guests from the world of fintech, regtech and reporting.  This week Carolyn Van Den Daelen - Managing Partner at Quorsus - takes us on a tour of all the major issues that market participants will face as they prepare for EMIR REFIT, from data harmonisation & ISO 20022 variations between NCAs, to reportin...

This week we're proud to end season 4 with the first ever inter-TR podcast event with Paul Sedgwick (Executive Director & General Manager of DDRL at DTCC) and the Regis-TR team discussing the big issues facing trade repositories in 2021-22. We go in-depth on EMIR Refit, data harmonisation, ISO 20022 and the challenges of maintaining a profitable TR industry and meeting the needs of market...

In this week's feature length episode our two CEOs - Thomas Steimann from Regis-TR SA and John Kernan from Regis-TR UK discuss the outlook for trade repositories, and examine the short-term and long-term challenges of Brexit, EMIR Refit, data quality and increasing costs for smaller market participants.

In part 2 of our discussion with Chris Hollifield (Head of Business Development at Luxembourg for Finance) we discuss the role of blockchain and tokenisation in the future of green investment, plus we discuss his role in creating the Podcast over a curry in London's famous Brick Lane. Plus we go in-depth on Brexit News and the new regulations for reporting under EMIR once LIBOR is discontinue...

In this episode Chris Hollifield - Head of Business Development for Luxembourg for Finance  -discusses what makes Luxembourg a global leader for regulations, ESG, fund servicing and a growing Fintech community. We also have our latest Brexit news, and updates from Head of Client Services Barbera Ruiz Alonso and CEO of Regis-TR UK, John Kernan. Next week in part 2 we get into the future for tokenis...

This week we have a feature length episode where we look back over the history of ISO 20022 with one of the people who has helped to make it such a huge success over the last 15-years, Paul Janssens the Programme Director at SWIFT. Paul is joined by REGIS-TR S.A. MD Irene Mermigidis, John Kernan (CEO of REGIS-TR UK) and Thomas Bremen (VP REGIS-TR) who is working with Paul on the SEG Group currentl...

Que Phuong  Dufournet-Tran, Director of Trading Services & Analytics Regulatory Affairs at IHS Markit and Laura Rodriguez from our Institutional Relations team discuss the challenges for regulators and market participants when trying to harmonise trade reporting data across jurisdictions. Plus we have a new Brexit news section, and more insights from the TR team on the news and events shaping...

In our second special edition with BearingPoint's ABACUS product manager Alexander Becht, we explore deeper into the future of regtech and discuss the idea of RegOps (regulatory operations) in the cloud, plus data lakes, regulator designed market infrastructure and more. Plus the usual insights and water cooler chat from the virtual studio crew...

In this 2-part special, Alexander Becht from BearingPoint joins the virtual studio crew for an in-depth discussion about regulations, harmonisation and the emergence of new regulatory concepts such as cloud-based data lakes for regulators and market participants. Plus we have the latest Brexit news and Laura Rodriguez from Institutional Relations updates us on the latest risk outlook from ESMA. 

This week we're joined by Simcorp director & Head of the Regulatory Centre of Excellence Carsten Kunkel to discuss the role of data in regulatory  reporting, and in particular the need for 'one data truth' for market participants. Join us with the virtual studio team to discuss the need for high quality data within repo and securities finance, plus the way data can transform ope...

This week our special guest is Deutsche Börse Compliance Officer Rushmi Katyal, giving us her insights into regulatory divergence between the UK and EU, and what this means for market participants. Plus, we go in-depth into ESG and what this means for Fund Managers, Asset Managers and the Regtech industry. We are also joined by Clinical Psychologist Dr. Lulu Preston with more advice for staying po...

Welcome to season 4, our 40th episode and our 1 year anniversary show. To celebrate we've got leading repo expert Richard Comotto going in depth on the repo problems caused by SFTR, plus greenwashing, ESG bond markets and emerging repo markets around the world. Plus Dr. Lulu Preston returns with advice for transitioning back to the workplace, and the potential challenges that can cause to you...

In this special episode, we take a break from the Trade Repository and Regtech space to interview our resident Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dr. Lulu Preston on her groundbreaking Personality Disorder work for the NHS, her views on mental health in the workplace, plus the full set of brain hacks and mental health tips from Season 3 of the Regis-TR RoundUp. 

In this special feature length finale for season 3, we are with Andy Dyson, the CEO of ISLA, to talk about all the major issues and stories we've covered in season 3, plus look to the future of securities finance in the EU, UK and global markets. Plus Dr. Lulu Preston offers some more brain hacks and mental health tips for your daily routine, and the virtual studio crew update the Brexit news...