Financial Regulation

With President Trump's push to slash tax rates on both corporations and high-income individuals, many of your clients may think they don’t need municipal bonds in their investment portfolios anymore. But such thinking belies an understanding of why tax-exempt municipal bonds make sense in any environment.

Reading past the headlines shows that the tax reforms outlined by the administration so far will likely have little impact on securities issued by state and local governments. The proposal to phase out most deductions might actually boost demand for tax-free munis in states with high taxes. And even if the top rate is cut to 35%, clients can still benefit from reducing their overall tax bill.

Join Clark Wagner, CIO and Portfolio Manager, in understanding what’s going on in the municipal bond market and why the tax advantages they offer remain valuable, particularly for high-net-worth clients.

During the webcast, Mr. Wagner, will discuss:

• Macroeconomic issues and its effects on tax-exempt municipal bonds
• The state of the municipal bond market
• How the Tax Exempt Income Fund may benefit portfolios in the current environment

In this webinar you will learn about the business drivers for Openbravo’s Retail First strategy and understand how these translate into tangible product innovations designed to give retailers a competitive edge. We will describe the enhancements already delivered as part of our Strategic Technology Roadmap and discuss the product innovations currently being developed for future releases of our software.

The webinar will discuss the current state of fintech services in the US, including state licensing requirements, bank partnership arrangements, and the potential for special purpose bank charters at both the state and federal levels.

The presenters will also discuss the benefits and potential difficulties of these arrangements. Finally, the discussion will touch on fintech enhancements to existing bank services, including distributed ledger technology. Topics will include:

•An update on the state of fintech services;
•Lending and payments models;
•Bank partnerships;
•State licenses;
•Bank Charters;
•True Lender; and
•Madden.

En este webinar, aprenderá sobre los principales pilares que impulsan la estrategia Retail First de Openbravo y entenderá cómo se traducen en innovaciones tangibles de producto diseñadas para ofrecer una ventaja competitiva a minoristas especializados. Describiremos las mejoras ya liberadas como parte de nuestro Roadmap estratégico de producto y presentaremos alguna de las innovaciones hoy en día en desarrollo para su incorporación en futuras versiones del software.

This webinar will discuss the global cybersecurity landscape, and the threats and opportunities cybersecurity is presenting for financial services organizations. Given the panel is being held exactly one year before the official General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) implementation date, panelists will be reflecting specifically on the implications of this regulation for FS organizations.

Panelists

* Cheri McGuire, Group Chief Information Security Officer, Standard Chartered Bank
* Simon Hales, Group Head of ISR, HSBC
* Tony de Bos, EY EMEIA Financial Services, Data Protection and Privacy Leader

Topics for discussion:

* Talent and awareness - building a culture that makes cybersecurity part of everyone’s job and rethinking the role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
* Strategy and innovation - putting cybersecurity at the heart of business strategy and ensuring that new digital innovation includes cybersecurity at the outset
* Regulation - assessing the impact GDPR will have on your organization’s people, processes and technology ahead of the 2018 implementation date
* Resilience and scalability - being prepared to recover rapidly from a cyber-breach while holding up your ecosystem to the same cybersecurity standards that you follow as an organization

This publication contains information in summary form and is therefore intended for general guidance only. It is not intended to be a substitute for detailed research or the exercise of professional judgment. Member firms of the global EY organization cannot accept responsibility for loss to any person relying on this article.

Register now for this series of webinars to help educate firms on the different aspects of MiFIR reporting before the January 2018 go-live.

London Stock Exchange Group and guest speakers will be providing clarity on how MiFIR will affect different industry segments across the most important parts of the regulation. Firms can turn MiFIR into an opportunity to improve their business, register to find out more.

All sessions will include a live Q&A with the speakers and a chance to get all your questions answered.

Speakers
- Ian Cornwall - WMA
- Tom Wieczorek - UnaVista, LSEG
- Marcus Jeffery - UnaVista, LSEG

En este webinar, explicaremos los cambios que introduce el "Suministro Inmediato de Información" (SII) y cómo afecta a la gestión diaria de facturación y liquidación del IVA de las empresas. La sesión también incluirá una breve presentación de cómo Openbravo cubre estas nuevas necesidades de una manera sencilla y eficaz para soportar la gestión telemática de este impuesto de acuerdo a los nuevos requerimientos.

With Safe Harbor being invalidated and EU-US Privacy Shield and Swiss-US Privacy Shield yet to be tested, UK data privacy post Brexit an unknown, the General Data Protection Regulation coming into effect throughout the EU next year, and the Trump administration potentially poised to ride roughshod over EU surveillance concerns– the uncertainty surrounding the current regulatory environment will inevitably add complexity to the issue of data transfers, especially in the context of international investigations and disputes – and, by extension eDiscovery.

As regulatory investigations and related processes frequently span several years, strategic decisions made today around data transfers will have important ramifications down the line.

Do you know where your/your client’s data currently is hosted and if it is being held in accordance with the various and, at times, conflicting data privacy laws? If the answer is 'no', significant reputation and even financial implications could ensue.

This GIR Live webinar will break down the current data protection laws and set out some considerations and practical guidelines to minimize risk exposure for companies and professional services firms dealing with cross-border investigations and litigation.

In the GIR Live style, the webinar will aim to be highly conversational and will include time for a question and answer session with the presenters.

Issues to be addressed include:

• Data privacy and adequate protection
• What you can do now to remain compliant
• How to manage conflicts of law in a global investigation with practical tips from real life case studies

Register now for this series of webinars to help educate firms on the different aspects of MiFIR reporting before the January 2018 go-live.

London Stock Exchange Group and guest speakers will be providing clarity on how MiFIR will affect different industry segments across the most important parts of the regulation. Firms can turn MiFIR into an opportunity to improve their business, register to find out more.

All sessions will include a live Q&A with the speakers and a chance to get all your questions answered.

At a time when new client revenue in the industry is at the lowest it’s been in nine years and competition is soaring, professional services leaders are turning to their strongest assets for help: Their people.

With a host of exciting new cloud-based technology applications, organizations are now able to utilize their Cloud ERP to better manage and develop talent—leading to increased productivity and higher levels of workforce efficiency, even during these challenging times.

Yet only 56 percent of today’s professional services companies have adopted HCM solutions. Why?

Watch the webinar replay “How Leading PSOs Harness Talent and Grow Margins” to gain a better understanding of audit, compliance, expense management, procurement, Financial IT and the current state of the industry and to learn how to improve retention, productivity, and profit.

Register now for this series of webinars to help educate firms on the different aspects of MiFIR reporting before the January 2018 go-live.

London Stock Exchange Group and guest speakers will be providing clarity on how MiFIR will affect different industry segments across the most important parts of the regulation. Firms can turn MiFIR into an opportunity to improve their business, register to find out more.

All sessions will include a live Q&A with the speakers and a chance to get all your questions answered.

Revenue recognition is already one of the most difficult financial and accounting processes to get right, and it’s one of the leading causes of restatement.

With the introduction of ASC 606/IFRS 15, revenue recognition standards are experiencing significant change. Have you planned for your organization’s transition?

Watch the webinar replay with Brian Sommer, CEO, TechVentive; Tammy Cunha, senior director, Compliance and Reporting, Revenue, JDA Software; and Richa Dubey, director, Revenue Product Strategy, Workday, to better understand the requirements and helpful ways practitioners like you are transitioning to the new standards.

During this session, you will hear:

An overview of the changes
Best practices for transitioning and how to apply them to your own organization
Real-world examples of Workday Financial Management that allow you to maximize your Financial IT to manage, account for,expense, forecast, and recognize revenue according to today’s guidelines and the financial planning of tomorrow

Register now for this series of webinars to help educate firms on the different aspects of MiFIR reporting before the January 2018 go-live.

London Stock Exchange Group and guest speakers will be providing clarity on how MiFIR will affect different industry segments across the most important parts of the regulation. Firms can turn MiFIR into an opportunity to improve their business, register to find out more.

All sessions will include a live Q&A with the speakers and a chance to get all your questions answered.