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The role of Investment Management Systems in regulatory compliance: a Post-Financial Crisis study of displacement mechanisms

Gozman, D. and Currie, W. (2014) The role of Investment Management Systems in regulatory compliance: a Post-Financial Crisis study of displacement mechanisms. Journal of Information Technology, 29. pp. 44-58. ISSN 0268-3962

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1057/jit.2013.16

Abstract/Summary

The financial crisis of 2007–2009 and the resultant pressures exerted on policymakers to prevent future crises have precipitated coordinated regulatory responses globally. A key focus of the new wave of regulation is to ensure the removal of practices now deemed problematic with new controls for conducting transactions and maintaining holdings. There is increasing pressure on organizations to retire manual processes and adopt core systems, such as Investment Management Systems (IMS). These systems facilitate trading and ensure transactions are compliant by transcribing regulatory requirements into automated rules and applying them to trades. The motivation of this study is to explore the extent to which such systems may enable the alteration of previously embedded practices. We researched implementations of an IMS at eight global financial organizations and found that overall the IMS encourages responsible trading through surveillance, monitoring and the automation of regulatory rules and that such systems are likely to become further embedded within financial organizations. We found evidence that some older practices persisted. Our study suggests that the institutionalization of technology-induced compliant behaviour is still uncertain.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Henley Business School > Business Informatics, Systems and Accounting
ID Code:34258
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

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