The hidden opportunity in unwelcome PRIIPs reforms.
When the new rules come into force in 2022, firms risk being swamped beneath a mountain of data. What’s needed is a strategy for working smarter not harder, says Darragh Pelly By the end of this year,...
Solving the ‘look-through’ problem brings big upsides.
Transparency is a way of life in financial services today. The wave of regulation that started building after the global financial crisis of 2008-9 shows no sign of peaking; instead, the list of requirements...
Why legacy isn’t bad – it is just misunderstood.
Legacy has long been the scapegoat of the financial services sector. Blamed for being old, out-dated and siloed with integrated systems seen as the holy grail. While it is often true that legacy systems demand...
Creating IFRS17 Cohorts? Don’t forget about your reinsurance contracts held!
It’s Q4 2019 and many insurers are writing their methodology papers for IFRS17 (or reviewing ones handed down from group) – discussing what level-of-aggregation to apply to insurance contracts written....
An IFRS17 delay will see firms; leverage an opportunity or haemorrhage their OpEx
In September 2019 EFRAG called for an extension to the #IFRS17 implementation date to January 2023, and on November 13th their board meeting discussed that effective date as if it had been agreed and approved...
Resolve is Hiring
Are you interested in joining a dynamic growing company? Resolve is looking to expand our team, and we are interested in hearing from you. Resolve is rapidly growing in the RegTech and FinTech...
PRIIPs – Are the Scenarios too Optimistic?
In this post, we explore a question being discussed in a number of insurance and investment manager’s offices. Are the scenarios under the PRIIPs regulation realistic? Many key industry leaders have...
PRIIPs – March 2017 RTS Update
On the 8th of March, the European Commission published an updated RTS to overcome the objections that the European Parliament raised when they rejected the previous draft last September. On the 5th April,...