Tuesday 30 January 2018

Some sort of solution for MiFID II communications compliance ...

If you need it, dear reader(s). Who needs it? Not me. Having said that, a shaman's solution would be the ultimate solution because we just communicate with our minds and our souls, you dig? Uh, do you dig? Are they awake, Voice? 'Maybe they're not tuned into our wavelength, boss.' Well, it's their loss, man, if that's the case.

London, UK, January 29 2018: StarLeaf, leading provider of meeting room and management solutions for Microsoft's UC platforms Skype for Business and Teams, is the first manufacturer to offer meeting room systems that are fully-primed with a precise set of functionality, which enables financial service organizations to comply with the new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II).

Yeah, yeah. Not bad, I suppose, and this ain't an endorsement. 'Heaven forbid!' But not bad, if they've got it all set up for MiFID II, like they say they have. 'Yeah.' Of course, you could come to me ... or not even come to me, but just establish a mind or soul connection, you dig? 'He's a shaman, readers!' Yes, they know what I am. 'Tell them again!' I am the world's foremost financial shaman. / But anyway ...

MiFID is a European Union law which standardizes regulation for investment services across all member states of the European Economic Area. Now in effect, MiFID II features substantial revisions that offer investors protection and transparency across all asset classes. Specifically, new rules dictate that all forms of communication concerning financial transactions are recorded so that there is an auditable trail. Crucially, compliance with MiFID II mandates that all video meetings are recorded and all participants logged, including those using meeting rooms.

Well, well ... finance people should know what MiFID is by now, or they're in real trouble. 'But what about the recording, boss?' Okay. Easy! When we have a mind or soul connection, it all gets stored on the astral plane for anyone to see later. 'Yeah, if they can get to the astral plane, that is.' Ha! That's just a simple matter of pathworking, man, through your subconscious, like. 'Yeah, if they know how to do it.' Christ! Voice, I'll fucking show them, won't I?! For a small fee, obviously. 'Obviously.' Yes, obviously. Why not? After all, we are not communists. They must let me drink from the well, as it were. / But anyway ...

"Financial service organizations that have adopted Microsoft's UC platform are well catered for with a raft of enabling technology that supports their compliance," said Jonathan Williams, Head of StarLeaf's Microsoft Business Unit. "However, when it comes to video conferences and meeting rooms, organizations are faced with the need to record every meeting and log every participant. Ultimately, this means that room systems cannot be randomly used and every meeting participant must be logged. This is precisely where StarLeaf comes in, we offer our customers a way to achieve compliance by ensuring that all people joining via a StarLeaf Microsoft Skype meeting room system are accounted for and tracked."

Okay, okay. Thank you, Jonathan.

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Anything else? 'Er ... Brexit, Mikey!' Brexit? Well, reality hasn't been kind to Brexit, has it? But that's all I'm going to say about it because I'm sick of it, man. Seriously.

Right. My music? Jesus H. - !!! Haven't I told you, dear reader(s), that I don't do updates no more. This is a finance blog, you know? 'Just tell them. FFS!' Okay. That new tune? I've changed the rhythm, which has transformed everything. It might be my best piece of music now, so I better get a lyric for it quick. It won't be on the demo though. 'Why not, Mikey?' Because I've got the songs I need for that, man.

NOW ... laters, yeah?