Brian Martin: How tech can save the day on MiFID II compliance

Hanging on the telephone

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Brian Martin looks at speech-to-text technology - which he says could be a key part of MiFID II compliance for 'behind schedule' financial advisers

As late as December 2017, 39% of financial firms in the UK were unaware whether their organisation was compliant with the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II), according to research. Now that it's 2018, and the deadline (3 January 2018) has passed, it would be interesting to know how many organisations have actually made inroads to understand and achieve MiFID II compliance.  If it's not already on your to-do list, then it really should be. MiFID II's express aim is to fundamentally alter the behaviour, structure and transparency of financial markets. The legisl...

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