The REGIS-TR RoundUp

This week our special guest is Ronen Kertis, CEO and founder of regtech / fintech vendor Cappitech. Continuing the discussion we started last week on the future of the TR space, we discuss AI, process automation and the digital maturity of the industry. Plus Ronen's thoughts on porting former CME / Nex Abide clients to Regis-TR, and "Brexit-ready" solutions. Plus the usual virtual studio Brexit news and the breakfast survey.

This week we're joined by Regis-TR SA Managing Director Irene Mermigidis discussing the future of the TR industry. We go in-depth on the benefits of increased digital maturity, the importance of the relationship between industry working groups and regulators, plus the unique challenges for the TR business as demand increases but the number of Trade Repositories is reduced.

This week we have expert insight and analysis of the first 6 weeks of SFTR data with leading data analysis firm IHS Markits SFTR Director Jonathan Tsang & IHS Markits Director Que-P Defournet-Tran. We discuss the pairing and reconciliation ratios (and the differences between trades and collateral ratios) plus look at the inter-TR rejections. Plus the virtual studio crew is back with the weekly Brexit update, and our breakfast choice survey continues with a surprise from one of our guests...

This week Regis-TR SA CEO Thomas Steimann talks about the next challenges for the industry as SFTR, EMIR Refit and Brexit get closer. Plus he gives us his view on the pace of change and the role of Fintech in improving the value proposition of regulatory reporting in an ever more competitive marketplace.

This week's RoundUp guest is Kevin Demeyer, co-chair of the ALFI working group on SFTR, consultant and expert on the impact of SFTR and EMIR on the EU Fund industry. In this interview we also talk about Brexit and the implications for funds, plus Seb Malik joins us to talk about getting ready for the buy-side phase 3 implementation of SFTR in October. 

This week we go in-depth with CEO of Regis-TR UK - John Kernan - on the challenges of setting up a new TR entity in the post-lockdown working environment, also setting-up for potential Brexit outcomes while SFTR phase 3 and EMIR Refit are on the horizon.

This week former CEO of CME TR Danny Corrigan joins the virtual studio team to review what went well with SFTR over the first weeks since launch, how the UTI issue is working out, where the problems with varying cash and collateral valuations might come from, and whether NCAs will be as flexible about SFTR as they were about EMIR when that first rolled out. Plus we report on how our clients have responded to the challenges of the new regulation...

This week we're looking at the post-Brexit reporting space and asking what UK market participants will need to service their reporting requirements in the event of a no-deal Brexit. We also go into a little more depth about using video to support users on our SFTR platform, plus a discussion with regular presenter John Kernan on his new role as CEO of Regis-TR UK and what his plans will be when he lands next month.

This week we review the launch of SFTR - one week after launch, how did it go for the markets and how did competent authorities find it? We review it with Head of Client Services - Bárbara Ruiz Alonso - and our Institutional Relations Manager - Laura Rodriquez, to see how the SFTR launch went and look forward to phase 3 in October. Plus all the usual Brexit news, and the important questions for the Trade Repository industry...

Back for a second series! The hit regulatory reporting podcast is back with all the weekly industry news, analysis and opinion from trade repository experts and special guests. This week we're celebrating the launch of SFTR with data quality expert Tim Hartley (Duff & Phelps) and Seb Malik (Market FinReg) - plus the virtual studio team talking about Brexit, diverging regulatory frameworks and the complexity of matching trades with ever increasing data fields and closer tolerances like SFTR.