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Have your say on the transformative potential of transcription tech

The financial sector is one of the most vast and complex industries in the world, and the utility and impact of advancing transcription services will vary greatly across its countless roles, departments and sectors. With this in mind, we want to canvass the opinions of our broad network to gauge where transcription could have the most – or the least – impact, as well as how it is perceived by those at the coalface of markets.
Oliver Blower, CEO
April 23, 2024
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The non-financial rationale for comms surveillance mustn’t be ignored

Leading City compliance professionals have been bombarded with reasons to enhance their employee communications surveillance capabilities over recent months, with fresh headlines making the case on an almost daily basis.
Oliver Blower
February 27, 2024
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No signs watchdogs will quit messaging crackdown for Lent

We couldn’t even reach Shrove Tuesday this year before news of another significant round of messaging-related penalties hit the headlines. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) handed out $81m worth of penalties to 16 financial institutions.
Oliver Blower
February 20, 2024
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Financial institutions may need to think outside the (x)box to catch insider trading

Over the last few months, we have witnessed a flurry of insider trading allegations and convictions. One of the most recent came on January 11, when US attorneys announced the guilty pleas of former Goldman Sachs and Blackstone Group employee Anthony Viggiano, who admitted to tipping off close friends about a series of large deals, including a $2.2bn investment by the private-equity group into insurer AIG.
Oliver Blower
February 12, 2024
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Block stock and barrel: alt trading full comms oversight now a must

Block trading, whereby an investment bank privately trades a large batch of shares of a given company, has not been immune to criticism over recent decades. Much of the negativity surrounding block trading is routed in its inherent lack of transparency, which leaves the practice open to an elevated risk of insider trading and market abuse....
Oliver Blower
January 25, 2024
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