The REGIS-TR RoundUp

In this feature-length finale to season 1, the virtual studio crew are joined by Phil Brown, Chairman of REGIS-TR and CEO of Clearstream Holdings. Phil needs no introduction as an influential figure in EU custody banking, Chairman of ISSA and expert on post-trade processes, data businesses and regulation. We discuss REGIS-TR's evolution within the TR space, the growth of reporting, BREXIT, ne...

This week we have a special Brexit planning session with Deutsche-Boerse Regulation Strategy Analyst Dafina Gasi, plus we discuss the huge task for market participants and TRs to ensure a smooth transition for former CME TR / NEX-Abide clients with Fabian Klar - Director of Sales and Customer Relations at DeltaconX - and Mikkel Mördrup - CEO of Nordic region at CSS. What is the biggest challenge f...

In this week's special extended episode, we are joined by former CME TR Chief Exec. Danny Corrigan, discussing the challenges for market participants, TRs and ESMA moving forwards into the era of cloud data services. We also are joined by the virtual studio team and Laura Rodriguez (Institutional Relationship Manager) to discuss the ESMA Risk Dashboard 2020 and the potential risk of a soverei...

This week's roundup focuses on EMIR Refit, looking at the complexities of improving data quality, addressing the needs of the TR, NCA, Pan-EU CA and regulatory authorities in general. Plus we consider the latest Brexit news and what that might mean for market participants as Refit and SFTR move ahead into an uncertain transition period.

This week we talk about the complexities of the TR market and why CME and Next Abide are leaving the European TR market. Plus updates on the latest Brexit developments, updates on our new STFR web search and analytics functionality, plus a preview of ESMA's new risk dashboard for 2020 - expect a full breakdown in next week's show. And also we got some great feedback from our friends at M...

This week's roundup features our regular Brexit news update, plus an extended interview with REGIS-TR board member and Chairman of the Clearstream Risk Committee, Mark Gem. We discuss the big questions facing risk management in today's complex regulatory landscape, and consider the ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic, SFTR, Brexit and the risk of an escalating US-China trade war in th...

This week author of SFTR: A Survival Guide, well known industry expert and head of financial law at Market FinReg - Seb Malik - joins the RoundUp team to talk about the post-Brexit outlook for SFTR and goes into more depth over the challenges arising from the UTI exchange process. 

Breaking News for May 7th - ESMA approves our registration as an SFTR Trade Repository ... the team celebrates this milestone for the industry and discuss the complexities of the implementation process. Plus Drew Nicol (editor of Securities Lending Times) on the ongoing UTI issues for SFTR , plus the team's take on what to expect on the other aspects of the phase 1 implementation of SFTR. Plu...

This week's RoundUp is a feature length in-depth interview with Dario Crispini, the CEO of Kaizen Reporting and well known industry expert on data reporting. We talk about his early days at the FCA and the launch of MiFID, through to EMIR and SFTR. We also discuss whether the EMIR Refit can really make EMIR an effective early warning system for global financial crises, and discuss how to prep...

This week's roundup looks at the short selling bans and the role of regulation in the economic recovery, a Brexit update & a discussion about the new UTI requirements for SFTR.  Will SFTR be a Big Bang or a Millennium Bug moment for the Securities Industry? 

In this week's RoundUp we discuss the last 6 years of rapid development of REGIS-TR with MD Irene Mermigidis , look at the regulatory reporting side of the market volatility and spike in trade volumes in March, and consider the client needs around getting ready for SFTR .

In this first episode, the REGIS-TR Roundup team discuss plans for the podcast, Phil Brown’s blog on relationship management in the time of social distancing, the SFTR implementation delay, BREXIT and some lighter topics along the way.