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The End of Greenwashing?
Date: September 26, 2022
By John O’Donovan, Partner and Head of Banking & Finance at law firm Harold Benjamin Being sustainable and environmentally friendly has been at the forefront of every organisation’s strategic agenda for some time. Events such as COP26, and frameworks such as the Green Loan Principles setting out the components for a loan to be considered...
The SEC’s New Marketing Rule: How to Stay Compliant and Avoid Big Fines
Date: September 20, 2022
By Harriet Christie, Operations Director at MirrorWeb, The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Marketing Rule was approved in December 2020 and came into effect on May 4, 2021. From that point, Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs) have had an 18-month transition period — until November 4, 2022— to fully adhere to its updated regulations. This...
Could ESG Mean Make or Break in Today’s M&A Landscape?
Date: September 19, 2022
By Alistair Lester, Global Co-CEO of M&A and Transaction Solutions, Aon As the world began to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, global M&A activity soared, surpassing $5 trillion for the first time last year. Driven by the reopening of the world economy, supportive fiscal and monetary policy, and the eagerness of both strategic buyers and...
Critical Facts About Know Your Business (kyb) in 2022
Date: September 16, 2022
By Rick Song, CEO, Persona While KYC, or Know Your Customer, is a well-established framework known across many industries and most countries, its younger sibling Know Your Business (KYB) has not shared the limelight. However, KYB is just as important for financial companies that wish to remain compliant — and any company that...
Operationalising ESG Information – How Financial Services Firms Can Get It Right
Date: September 16, 2022
By Martijn Groot, VP Marketing and Strategy, Alveo Today’s financial services firms increasingly recognise the key role ESG metrics play in decision-making across the investment management process. This is causing many to ramp up their ESG data management processes. In recent Alveo research polling the views of 300 asset owners and asset managers in the UK,...
Reducing the Risk of Encrypted Communications in FinTech
Date: September 16, 2022
By Simon Mullis, CTO of Venari Security For highly regulated industries, like finance, protecting sensitive data is not only a foundational requirement of regulation but it must also be prioritised due to the heavy weight of the duty-of-care that organisations have for their customers. Personal financial information is a highly coveted, valuable and ultimately...