Monthly ArchivesJanuary 2018 - Storm IT Financial

Regulations at Odds: How Firms are Reacting to Potential MiFID II and GDPR Conflicts Will staying compliant with MiFID II make following GDPR regulations difficult for financial firms? MiFID II went into effect January 3rd 2018 with an emphasis on transparency to help protect investors. But May 25th 2018, GDPR also goes live with its […]

Five Tips for Improving Fund Operations & Reducing Costs With the start of 2018 well and truly underway, many firms are setting and finalising their budgets and looking for opportunities to run more efficiently. Technology is one area where savvy alternative investment firms can optimise their budgets to make room for new IT initiatives and […]

Taking control of an organisation’s dataflow in 2018 In the same way that a CFO sets out the strategy and framework for investment and cash flow, CIOs and CTOs need to take control of making dataflow work for their organisations and firms. Data is now a currency, but one which carries extra responsibility for the […]

As MiFID II arrives: now the hard work really starts… MiFID II, the biggest shake-up in financial regulation for a decade, may have ar- rived this week but for hedge funds, asset managers and brokers across Europe the work continues as the complexity and costs of full compliance begin to emerge. Across Europe, Buyside and […]