CMP has created a value-added solution called RegTech DataHub© that is a complete data framework collecting all MiFID II related data provided by Esma and other complementary sources. All the data is combined and structured in a way that leads to more efficient usage of MiFID II data and potentially huge cost savings.
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As described in the previous blog, the European Commission has presented an action plan for financing sustainable growth (read it here). We go a step further in this blog by zooming in on concrete proposals from the action plan and examples of the consequences this can have for capital market players.
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Responsible Investment and sustainable growth are amongst the hottest topics in the financial world. The European Commission has placed itself in front of this agenda with the launch of their ‘Action Plan for Financing Sustainable Growth’. The first EU regulation is already adopted, yet financial market participants are only at the beginning of this regulatory movement with sustainability as the focal point. Follow the first blog about the importance of ESG and sustainability in the capital market.
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By Christian Thygesen, Partner & Chairman of the Board | The 27th of May, 2019
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Status on Post-trade Transparency Data Availability
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
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.
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
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.
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.