Latest Post-trade & ops News: Finextra Research

Cross-industry initiative establishes standard definitions for supply chain finance

A new set of definitions launched today will help address the global need for a common understanding of terminology, nomenclature and techniques related to supply chain finance.

09 March 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

Swift Nordics Regional Conference 2016 - Live Blog Day 2

The Swift Nordics Regional Conference 2016 in Oslo is focusing on how to effectively harness disruptive trends and deliver practical, real world change to the financial industry. Over the course of two days, the programme will examine challenges and opportunities in the Nordics and beyond, and assess how new technologies, changing business models and collaborative ways of working pave the way for the future.

09 March 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

Finextra’s NextGen Banking conference fills Level39 to maximum capacity

Senior executives from challengers and incumbents gathered together to debate market access, customer requirements, PSD2 implications, technology issues and collaboration opportunities in front of a packed crowd at Finextra's NextGen Banking conference at Level39.

08 March 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

Mizuho and Fujitsu complete blockchain trial

Japan's Mizuho Bank and Fujitsu say that they have carried out a trial using blockchain technology to streamline cross-border securities transaction settlements.

08 March 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Asset Control appoints CTO

Asset Control, the leading provider of financial data management solutions and services, announces the appointment of Igor Piroli as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), to be based at the company’s Netherlands technology hub.

08 March 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

TSX appoints blockchain expert chief digital officer

The Toronto Stock Exchange has become the latest bourse to recognise the potential importance of distributed ledger technology, hiring blockchain specialist Anthony Di Iorio as its chief digital officer.

07 March 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

US sets 5 September 2017 as T+2 deadline

The U.S. T+2 Industry Steering Committee (T+2 ISC), organized by The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and co-chaired by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and the Investment Company Institute (ICI), announced the industry target date of September 5, 2017, for the U.S. move from a T+3 to a T+2 settlement cycle.

07 March 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

Financial services set for a fundamental shake-up - Deloitte

The emergence of a raft of disruptive technologies and trends will fundamentally transform the financial industry over the next five to ten years, says Deloitte.

04 March 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

LSE posts double digit growth in revenue and profits

LSEG plc preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2015.

04 March 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Ipreo and Symbiont team on blockchain for syndicated loans

Ipreo and Symbiont announced today that they are creating a new company to overhaul antiquated and costly manual processing in the $3 trillion global syndicated loans market.

03 March 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Misys launches new SA-CCR module on FusionRisk

Misys, the leading financial software company, announced today that it has launched a new packaged solution to help banks comply with the Basel Committee’s Standardised Approach for Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR).

03 March 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

R3 and 40 banks run parallel trials of five different blockchains

Distributed ledger consortium R3 has connected 40 banks to five different blockchains and allowed them to facilitate issuance, secondary trading and redemption of a fixed income product in the largest known trial of the technology to date.

03 March 2016

Finextra TV/Post-trade & ops

Myth-busting complex and commercial lending

Johanna Pugh, Global Head FusionBanking Lending, Misys, and Alex Kwiatkowski, Senior Strategist, Banking & Digital Channels, Misys, discuss legacy challenges in complex and commercial lending and how agility, adaptability and analytics can help to deliver a credit environment that creates value for corporates. banks and regulators alike.

03 March 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Tradeweb acquires Code Street

Tradeweb Markets, a leading builder and operator of global fixed income and derivatives marketplaces, announced today that it has acquired CodeStreet LLC, a leader in data-driven trade identification and workflow management software development.

02 March 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Ullink Iintroduces new drop copy and trade risk mitigation service

Ullink, a global provider of market leading electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community, today announced the launch of a pioneering Drop Copy and Trade Risk Mitigation service that will provide buy-side and sell-side firms with a ready-to-use solution to reduce trading risk, improve client service and help meet regulatory requirements.

02 March 2016

News/Post-trade & ops

Iosco puts digital disruption high up the risk agenda

International securities regulatory body Iosco has identified the disruptive threats from technological innovation as a key risk factor facing financial markets in 2016.

02 March 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Markit Portfolio Evaluations come to Cloud Margin

Markit (Nasdaq: MRKT), a leading global provider of financial information services, and CloudMargin, the provider of the world’s first cloud-based collateral management system, today announced that Markit’s Portfolio Valuations services will be available through CloudMargin’s software platform.

02 March 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Torstone Technology makes Asia moves

Torstone Technology, the leading provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, today announces plans to further expand in Asia in the coming months with the appointment of Gordon Russell, Head of Sales and Business Development for Asia, based in Singapore, and the launch of a standalone reporting module in Japan.

01 March 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

EU adopts new rules on central clearing for credit derivatives

The European Commission has adopted a new set of rules that requires certain over-the-counter (OTC) credit derivative contracts to be cleared through central counterparties (CCPs).

01 March 2016

Company update/Post-trade & ops

Caceis chosen by P101 in Italy

P101, a venture capital firm specialising in investments in digital and technology-driven companies, has appointed CACEIS in Italy as depositary and administrator for its Programma 101 SICAF S.p.A., the first third-party managed SICAF authorised by the Bank of Italy.

01 March 2016