The City Business Club and ISITC are holding an event on the evening of Tuesday 16th July, sponsored by Metro Bank, to discuss the recent survey and landscape report on the impact of application resilience and its management. Catastrophic IT failure has hit the news on several occasions over recent times and the impact has had far-reaching […]

The next ISITC Europe General Meeting, “De-risking Change”,  will be held on Thursday 7th June 2018 from 8:30 – 13:15 at the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel, 45 Prescot Street, London E1 8GP. As the Finance Industry invests in digital programmes we will explore the world of cryptocurrencies and will hear from experts on the role that these digital assets currently […]

Briefing – Preparing for the changes in Senior Management Regime due in 2018/19 Last year saw significant regulatory change across the financial services industry. In addition to the ongoing Brexit process, the year brought with it implementation of MiFID 2, PSD2 and the fourth anti-money laundering directive. 2018/19 is set to be another bumper year, led […]

The equivalence regime is “flawed” and not a suitable option for the UK once it leaves the European Union, according to MEP Dr Kay Swinburne. “I don’t think the UK could ever rely on an equivalence decision,” Swinburne said, speaking at the ISITC Europe’s 2018 annual meeting and conference on Thursday. “It doesn’t work, we […]

“[The UK] can’t have its cake and eat it with Brexit”, according to Chris Skinner, chair of the Financial Services Club. Speaking at this year’s annual ISITC Europe meeting in London, Skinner explained that the UK and the financial services industry still had their “fudge”, meaning he thought the industry would face “a lot of […]

“There’s an evolution taking place” in blockchain and with other industry technologies, according to a panellist at this years annual ISITC Europe meeting in London. Bob Santangelo, president of international sales at Broadridge Financial Solutions, said that to adapt to this evolution, “every financial institution is looking at a way to create lower cost”, explaining […]

Published 22 Jan 2018, Luke Jeffs, Global Custodian The adoption of new technologies such as blockchain may take longer than some people think and “generally take time to move from one stage to the next”, according to the head of trade body ISITC Europe. Speaking ahead of the ISITC Europe’s annual meeting on Thursday, Nigel Solkhon, […]

Thank you to everyone who attended the ISITC Europe 2018 AGM & Conference held on Thursday 25th January at the London Hilton Tower Bridge with a theme of Birth of a New Industry Model. With almost 200 attendees and an excellent agenda the day was a great success with some brilliant discussion from all the panel sessions and […]

Date: Friday 20th October Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m. Format: Conference call Registration: Please register for the call using the form to the right. Dial in details will be sent out in advance of the call to all registered participants.

Date: Tuesday 3rd October Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m. Format: Conference call Agenda: The purpose of the call will be to gather member views on the EU Post Trade Consultation before Richard Young, Working Group Leader, responds on behalf of ISITC Europe. Anyone who has not seen the documentation should download it from: https://ec.europa.eu/info/consultations/finance-2017-post-trade_en Registration: […]