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The Global Regulatory Environment: Key Issues for Compliance Teams
11th October 2013

Ensuring compliance with the rules of a home regulator alone has become increasingly challenging, but add to this enhanced regulation in all markets in which a global financial services institution operates, then firms have an unenviable task to ensure compliance. Matthew Baker and Victoria Brocklehurst examine the key issues for compliance teams, from differences of approach between jurisdictions to conflicting approaches between initiatives and planning for the impact of new controls.

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Selecting the Right News Aggregation Product
11th October 2013

This article examines the changing marketplace of news aggregation products. It takes a top-level view of the types of news aggregation tools available and emphasises the importance of understanding your organisation's news requirements before negotiating vendor contracts.

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What's Essential? Engaging with FreePint Customers
10th October 2013

FreePint offers many opportunities to get engaged with peers through Communities of Practice or webinars in areas from mobile deployment to international copyright. Focusing on topics and products relevant to Subscribers is essential and to support this we've just launched a new "sounding board" of FreePint Subscription customers representing all our key audience segments. As a result, upcoming coverage will include mobile security and authentication, and trends and challenges in pricing and licensing models.

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Combat Transcription Errors With Linguistic Identity Matching
8th October 2013

Accurate linguistic identity matching is essential for compliance professionals. Victoria Meyer examines the main sources of variations in names and highlights what to look for when choosing a compliance screening system. She focuses on transcription variants, where phonetics can create many different transcription variants. The ideas presented here are taken from "Linguistic Identity Matching" by Lisbach and Meyer (2013).

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Taking a Step Back From News Aggregation Tools: What is Current Awareness?
8th October 2013

There is a well-known quote from Clay Shirky, in which he suggests, "A revolution doesn’t happen when society adopts new tools, it happens when society adopts new behaviours." Law firm RPC's approach to using news aggregation tools is rooted in this thinking. After selecting and rolling out Attensa as part of its knowledge management programme, the team has turned to helping lawyers think through which sources support their objectives, and what they need to do once articles arrive in the application.

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Compliance Creates Job Opportunities
3rd October 2013

Andrew Lucas, the series producer for the FreePint Topic Series: Compliance in Context, looks at the rapid expansion in the compliance function within banks and considers the implications for careers and the importance of keeping up to date with developments in the sector.

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Further Buyer Perspectives on News Content
3rd October 2013

Robin Neidorf reports on preliminary results of the FreePint Survey: News Needs and Preferences 2013, identifying the top rated variables when purchasing news products and where vendors such as Factiva and Nexis sit in terms of popularity. Participate in the survey until 11 October and receive a free copy of the report.

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Key Criteria for Effective AML Compliance Screening
2nd October 2013

Victoria Meyer introduces key concepts in effective intelligence screening within Anti-Money Laundering programmes. She discusses the importance of matching intelligence data to the organisation's risk appetite and the impact that additional records will have on search times and hit-handling resources. Pre-screening formatting and consolidation processes in compliance programmes are also covered along with ways to identify compliance software which features robust search processes.

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Launching the FreePint Topic Series: Beyond Aggregation
1st October 2013

Andrew Grave looks at the key themes in the FreePint Topic Series: Beyond Aggregation which launches this week and is running throughout October and November. These include DIY aggregation, cost control and changes in content and licensing, explored in a range of articles, reviews, Q&As and webinars.

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Bridger Insight XG: Bridging the Compliance Gap
30th September 2013

Bridger Insight™ XG can help a company manage risk around Anti-Money Laundering and Politically Exposed Persons as well as bribery and corruption. It searches against sanctions, regulatory and law enforcement watchlists and reduces the number of false positives that are returned using a sophisticated matching algorithm, resulting in a more consistent and streamlined compliance process.

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