The 24th Annual ADM Investor Services Conference in Chicago earlier this month hosted a top-tier group of introducing brokers and FCMs. Our team at Ascent walked away with three key…
Ascent TeamJanuary 31, 2019
Robots Take The Wheel: Driverless Cars and Digital Compliance Officers
The rise of AI is to knowledge work what assembly lines were to manufacturing work. The usage of this technology…
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Major cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ether represent a class of financial instrument that is here to stay. But, for the time being these digital mediums of exchange also have a…
Ascent TeamJanuary 26, 2019
Regulatory Technology (RegTech) — often slated as the growing sister of FinTech — is the application of technology to improve the way we manage regulatory compliance. The kinds of GRC…
Ascent TeamJanuary 14, 2019
When we think about AI penetrating the workforce in a significant way, there seem to be two primary pain points. First, people fear that AI will replace them; second, the…
Ascent TeamJanuary 14, 2019
Friction between your compliance departments and the rest of your business often stem from a fundamental misunderstanding of the overall function of compliance. While the business as a whole may…
Jay GilletteDecember 3, 2018
What exactly is Intelligence-as-a-Service ("INTaaS"), and how can it help solve some of the world's toughest challenges in regulatory compliance? As machine analytics improve and artificial intelligence begins to automate…
Ascent TeamNovember 28, 2018
We set out to gather research from our customers to improve the Ascent experience. From the invaluable feedback we received, some clear patterns emerged revolving around the following questions: Tasks…
Ascent TeamNovember 5, 2018
When we discuss compliance costs, we are really making the distinction between two types of costs: 1. The cost of compliance, which is the amount that firms spend to manage…
Ascent TeamOctober 5, 2018
Ascent RegTech announced the hiring of two new executives as the company continues to grow and expand its offerings. Subha Sriram will serve as Vice President of Product, and Jeff…
Ascent TeamJuly 16, 2018
ING and Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) have successfully completed a RegTech pilot to simplify processing of information and implementation of regulation using the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID…
Ascent TeamFebruary 22, 2018
We’ve been busy at Ascent HQ! From fashioning a new dashboard to creating a more robust reporting feature and everything in between, we’ve revamped the Ascent Navigator to give you…
Ascent TeamApril 10, 2017