How Far Are We From Transparency in Financial Data?
Status on Post-trade Transparency Data Availability
Fata Morgana or Reality? Quality Improvements in Investor Advisory Services
Background: This week the Danish Financial Supervisory Authorities (Finanstilsynet) published its second thematic report on the implementation of the MiFID II directive. The first report published in June 2018 assessed the structure of the Danish UCITS fund market post MiFID II
Alternative investeringer
Best practice vejledning giver pensionskasserne travlhed
Finanstilsynet er bekymret for, at pensionskassernes stigende placeringer i alternative investeringer ikke håndteres tilfredsstillende ud fra en risikobetragtning. Hidtidige inspektioner og temaundersøgelser har fået Tilsynet til at sende en byge af påbud til pensionskasserne og offentliggøre en vejledning, som præciserer best practice-processen relateret til alternative investeringer. CMP sætter i denne blog fokus på baggrund og hovedelementer i vejledningen.
Sourcing – A Reinforced Trend?
By Christian Thygesen, Partner & Chairman of the Board | The 23rd of November, 2018
Some 6 years ago, we at Capital Market Partners (CMP) toured the country visiting smaller and medium sized banks to suggest looking at the possibility of outsourcing (parts of) their Back-Office operations, in particular the settlement and custody of non-Danish securities. To put it nicely, our success was limited. We struggled to understand why these institutions wanted to maintain operations which – on a cost-per-transaction basis – seemed expensive. We never came up with a better answer than the idea that it was part of the DNA of these institutions to have such a department. Read more
Har du styr på din hvidvaskrisiko?
Forebyggelse af hvidvask og finansiering af terror er i fokus som aldrig før. Men hvordan får man et overblik over de områder, som man skal tage stilling til i sin organisation? Området er komplekst. Jeg vil her kort introducere nogle af nøgleområderne med fokus på seks dele af den samlede proces inden for forebyggelse af hvidvask og terrorfinansiering.
CMP bliver #1 i kategorien Danmarks bedste konsulentvirksomhed: ”Vi bygger bro mellem forretningsforståelse og it-understøttelse – og det er efterspurgt af vores kunder”
Hvert år udgiver Computerworld deres top 100 liste, hvor de kårer Danmarks dygtigste it-virksomheder på baggrund af selskabernes regnskabstal – dækkende fra konsulenthuse til softwarefirmaer. Nyheden om førstepladsen i konsulentkategorien kommer som en glædelig overraskelse for Capital Market Partners, hvor både den primære drift og medarbejderantallet er fordoblet.
Capital Market Partners kåret som #1 i kategorien Danmarks bedste it konsulentvirksomhed
Her er Danmarks bedste konsulentvirksomheder – medarbejderne skal have det sjovt hos vinderen
Insourcing vs. Outsourcing – How to Get the Right Match
There is a movement within the financial industry regarding sourcing. Some companies choose to outsource, while others decide to pull back similar tasks previously outsourced. But, why do we experience these different moves? Which factors determine whether something should be outsourced or taken back into the organization? The right match of whether to in- or outsource can be very different from one organization to another. But the reasoning behind, why to in- or outsource, should always depend on company specific objectives.
What Does it Take to Ensure Accurate and Timely NAV?
Net Asset Value (NAV) is value per share of a mutual fund or an exchange-traded fund (ETF) on a specific date or time. For fund managers, this means that accurate prices must be provided on a daily basis in a highly regulated and fast-moving environment – this post goes through four steps that elaborate on how to ensure accurate and timely NAV in relation to processes, system and platform, data and controls.
7 Key Takeaways in Fintechgration – Implementing a Fintech Solution
We see a development within the financial sector and in the capital market – a development driven by technologies and developed by an increasing number of FinTech startups. For established financial institutions, this means that they are looking at a new landscape where partnerships and integration are getting a whole new meaning. This will bring on new challenges for both sides. In this post we give a you seven key takeaways from the FinTech side and from the process of implementing a FinTech solution.