Settlement
CSDs Consider Entry into Crypto Market
The crypto markets need a body that fulfils the role of depositories adequately, say settlement specialists
DTCC Launches Data Product for US Equities
Equity Kinetics provides an overview of the US equities market for buy-side and sell-side trading and investment decision support operations.
Ripple Targets Correspondent Banks in Southeast Asia
The firm recently added Siam Commercial Bank to the network, allowing the bank to act as a clearing provider, and receive and forward on payments.
NEX Partners with Capitolis for FX Novation
NEX will provide connectivity to the Capitolis novation platform through NEX Infinity.
Left Behind: Buy-Side Firms Face Age-Old Question on AI
When it comes to artificial intelligence, first-mover advantage is clear. But for buy-side firms that do not have the resources of global giants and are finding they are increasingly unable to compete, it becomes a tough question—do you trust third-party…
Established Exchanges Eye Crypto Swaps, Futures
ErisX will be launching a derivatives exchange and clearing organization, while trueDigital is releasing a bitcoin swap contract.
Northern Trust Announces Outsourced Trading Capability
The product targets asset managers who are seeking lower costs and risk.
The New Guard: Ryusuke Yokoyama, JPX
Ryusuke Yokoyama sits down with Wei-Shen Wong to discuss his three-decade career at the TSE and JPX, how the exchange is looking to help the industry improve its settlement cycles and how the company is experimenting with blockchain and AI technologies…
DTCC, Symphony Partner to Offer Faster Exception Resolution
DTCC will integrate Symphony's chat capabilities with its DTCC Exception Manager platform.
Waters 25: A Look Back on the Last Two Decades
Waters examines some of the most important events in financial technology of the past 25 years.
SEB Goes Live with DTCC's Alert Regional Custodian Workflow
The Swedish bank will use US firm's network as a white-labelled service.
IHS Markit Overhauls Derivatives 'Nerve Center' with TradeServ Launch
MarkitSERV plans to retire DSMatch and fold MarkitWire and other products into cloud-based platform.
Coinfloor Awaits Green Light from Gibraltar
DLT providers are obliged to satisfy nine principles and pay an annual fee to comply with the regulatory framework.
Illuminated Data: SFTR May Reach Too Far
While waiting for the regulators’ final word on SFTR’s technical specifications, SFT market participants and counterparties are planning their compliance strategies amid concern that the regulation goes too far in its goal to bring shadow banking into…
INTL FCStone Takes Paxos Precious Metals Confirmation Platform
The platform automates trade confirmations, reconciles transactions and aims to minimize operational errors.
CLS Goes Live with CLSTradeMonitor
New platform provides visibility into the status of FX trades settled through CLS.
LSEG Acquires Minority Share in AcadiaSoft
LSEG is looking to improve its non-clearing services with this latest deal.
SGX-NSE Battle Could Become a Long War
The exchanges are currently undergoing arbitration regarding the launch of SGX’s new futures contracts meant to succeed the outgoing SGX Nifty 50 suite of products.
US Regulators Release Final Rules for T+2
The final ruling from two US prudential regulators aligns both agencies with the markets regulator.
A Serendipitous Journey: Elly Hardwick, Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank's Elly Hardwick discusses her career and how the bank is looking to roll out innovative new solutions to tackle old problems.
CLS Invests in R3 to Promote Blockchain for FX
CLS will join the R3 board and will help push the release of blockchain applications for currency markets.
BNP Paribas Debuts Securities Inventory Management
Asset-servicing initiative is currently live in three markets and will become available globally in the coming weeks
Singapore Exchange Hits Back at India’s Data Pull
Indian market regulator Sebi is terminating its three exchanges’ existing market data licensing agreements with foreign partners.
Digital Asset Opens Smart Contract Language to Developers
Blythe Masters says that DAML is designed to reduce the risk of developer error creating broader problems for the market.