Long Term Effects of MiFID II – 2nd Edition

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For Whom the Bell Tolls

– Will MiFID II Bring About the End of the OTC Era?

MiFID II/MiFIR is a broad regulatory complex, that influences a lot of activities within the banks. Currently, people within the financial sector across Europe are busy getting it right and delivered in time. In three editions, I can hopefully broaden the perspective of the consequences of MiFID within the next couple of years. In this series of posts, I will take my point of departure in three important markets: equity, bonds and derivatives.

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Long Term Effects of MiFID II – 1st Edition

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For Whom the Bell Tolls

– Will MiFID II Bring About the End of the OTC Era?

A whole lot of people are currently very busy across the European financial sector getting ready for MiFID II/MiFIR for January 2018. It’s a broad regulatory complex, touching many aspects of the banks’ activities. I imagine that project owners and steering groups – not to mention the project managers and the many project participants – are focused on getting the many deliverables in place, getting the details right and fretting about the lack of legal clarity on important aspects.

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Reviewing the IT landscape

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All financial organizations are heavily dependent on IT systems. And in most cases, organizations have several systems, with a lot of connectivity, which create a large and complicated IT landscape.

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An asset in the capital market

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This August in Scan Magazine you can read about the foundation of the company, the kind of solutions that are created for clients, and how Capital Market Partners have established themselves as a trustworthy company with knowledgeable, responsible, and approachable employees.

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Kenneth Brandbord is wrapping up this year's conference

CFA: Day #4 – Wrapping up this year’s conference

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In the final post from the CFA Institute Annual Conference, Kenneth Brandborg, gives you his insights from the  reception, and final remarks from the last speeches at this year’s conference.

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CFA: Day #3 – Vanguard, US Stock Market and Blockchains

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From the 3rd day of the CFA Institute Annual Conference, Kenneth Brandborg, Associate partner, shares his insights and highlights the most important debates of the day.

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CFA: Day #2: The conflicts of interest between clients and investment management service providers

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Second day at the CFA Institute Annual Conference, Kenneth Brandborg, Associate Partner highlights his key learning points and reflections from today’s debates and speakers.

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CFA: Day #1 – Conference kickoff

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First day and the kickoff for the conference, Kenneth Brandborg, Associate Partner at CMP, shares his learning point form the hot topics and the events at the CFA Institute Annual Conference

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CFA: Join CMP at the 70th CFA Institute Annual Conference

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For 70 years, the CFA Institute has brought the latest thinking, expert opinions, thought leadership and networking opportunities through their Annual Conference.  Kenneth Brandborg, Associate Partner at CMP, gives you his daily insights as he is attending this year’s conference in Philadelphia. Read about his initial thoughts and expectations here:

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Business case #2

Amortization of loan fees

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Business Case #2

A Danish banking Data Processing Center (DPC) had entered into a collaboration with a foreign supplier on development of Basel II functionality for the DPC’s banking customers. Since the supplier had extensive experience with – and software for – management of a wide range of financial instruments, the company was also selected to develop a system for the amortization of major loan fees in accordance with IFRS/IAS specifications.

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