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Euroclear and Digital Asset complete gold tokenisation pilot

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Euroclear and Digital Asset complete gold tokenisation pilot

Post trade body Euroclear has partnered with blockchain firm Digital Asset and the World Gold Council in a pilot to tokenise gilts, gold and Eurobonds.

UK ready to make 2027 T+1 switch without EU

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UK ready to make 2027 T+1 switch without EU

The UK will push ahead with the move to a T+1 settlement cycle for securities trades by the end of 2027, regardless of whether the European Union makes the switch at the same time.

LSEG buys Axoni post-trade tech business

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LSEG buys Axoni post-trade tech business

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has acquired the Veris post-trade processing business and related intellectual property from Axoni. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Mosaic and Euroclear team to generate smarter fixed income data

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Mosaic and Euroclear team to generate smarter fixed income data

Mosaic Smart Data has teamed up with Euroclear to launch Smart Markets, an AI-powered tool for parsing unstructured fixed income data to generate actionable trading insights.

Pursuit of faster settlement times via DLT will hit market quality

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Pursuit of faster settlement times via DLT will hit market quality

Adopting distributed ledger technology in the pursuit of faster settlement times could hit liquidity and increase transaction costs, warns research from the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).

ECB conducts first DLT trials for wholesale central bank money settlement

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ECB conducts first DLT trials for wholesale central bank money settlement

The Eurosystem has begun the first of a series of trials to test the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) for the settlement of wholesale transactions in central bank money.

European taskforce calls for T+1 alignment

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European taskforce calls for T+1 alignment

A group representing buy and sell-side firms and market infrastructure providers across Europe has called on the UK, Switzerland and the EU to coordinate plans to shorten the settlement cycle for securities trades.

German bank LBBW enters crypto market

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German bank LBBW enters crypto market

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), the largest federal bank in Germany, has formed an alliance with crypto custodian Bitpanda.

LCH gets green light to clear Bitcoin index derivatives

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LCH gets green light to clear Bitcoin index derivatives

London Stock Exchange Group-owned LCH has secured regulatory approval to clear cash-settled Bitcoin index futures and options contracts.

Euroclear invests in blockchain company

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Euroclear invests in blockchain company

Post-trade group Euroclear has acquired a stake in Iznes, a pan-European, blockchain-based network within the asset management market.

Institutional players back digital asset clearing house ClearToken

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Institutional players back digital asset clearing house ClearToken

ClearToken, a London-based clearing house for global digital assets, has secured a $10 million funding round with support from Laser Digital, the digital asset subsidiary of Nomura, several global liquidity providers including Flow Traders and GSR, and leading digital asset firms LMAX Digital and Zodia Custody.

EquiLend services knocked out by cyber-attack

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EquiLend services knocked out by cyber-attack

EquiLend has warned clients that services could be down for several days after the securities lending trading platform was hit by a cyber-attack.

EquiLend to be acquired by PE firm WCAS

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EquiLend to be acquired by PE firm WCAS

EquiLend, the securities lending trading platform owned by 10 major Wall Street firms, is being acquired by private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS).

Broadridge releases GenAI tool for cutting settlement fails

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Broadridge releases GenAI tool for cutting settlement fails

Broadridge has launched a ChatGPT-style Large Language Model for streamlining back office operations and cutting settlement fails.

ASX turns to Tata to replace Chess system

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ASX turns to Tata to replace Chess system

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is planning to turn to a third party to replace its ageing clearing and settlement system.

DTCC buys blockchain outfit Securrency

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DTCC buys blockchain outfit Securrency

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has agreed to buy blockchain-based fintech Securrency. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Citi joins blockchain bond exchange

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Citi joins blockchain bond exchange

Global custodian Citi Securities Service has announced its membership of BondbloX Bond Exchange (BBX), a DLT-based platform that claims to be the world's first fractional bond exchange.

Proxymity launches digital voting service in US

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Proxymity launches digital voting service in US

Investor communications platform Proxymity has launched its digital voting service in North America.

TT boosts cross-asset offering with Abel Noser Solutions acquisition

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TT boosts cross-asset offering with Abel Noser Solutions acquisition

Capital markets tech vendor Trading Technologies has agreed to buy Abel Noser Solutions (ANS), a provider of transaction cost analysis for investment managers, brokers, asset owners and consultants. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Barclays RepoHack 2023 seeks industry ‘buy-in’ to re-shape post-trade repos

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Barclays RepoHack 2023 seeks industry ‘buy-in’ to re-shape post-trade repos

Barclays today opened registrations for the Barclays RepoHack 2023, an industry hackathon that will set market participants the challenge of building novel solutions for repo post-trade services.

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