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Horlick and Winterflood join Post-Trade Forum debate

Nicola 'Superwoman' Horlick and Brian Winterflood will lead a high-powered panel of City executives debating the future of European securities markets at Finextra's final Post-Trade Forum event of the year, which takes place at the London Stock Exchange later this month.

11 November 2011

News/Post-trade & ops

MiFID reforms published; compliance bill to hit EUR732m in year one and EUR586m per annum thereafter

Financial markets in Europe are set to undergo a fundamental overhaul, as the European Commission rolls out new rules and regulations covering every aspect of the trade lifecycle, from pre-and post-trade transparency, through to execution and clearing and settlement.

20 October 2011

News/Post-trade & ops

EU financial markets get ready for MiFID II

The European Commission is this week meeting to finalise the details of a new set of rules governing competition and transparency in the capital markets, with implications for high frequency traders, execution venues, clearing firms, and the over-the-counter markets.

19 October 2011

Finextra TV/Post-trade & ops

Global custodian bank survey

Tony Freeman, head of Industry Relations at Omgeo Europe, discusses the findings of Omgeo's latest survey on post-trade issues at Sibos 2011.

30 September 2011

Finextra TV/Post-trade & ops

Financial messaging and standards

Chris Pickles, head of Industry Initiatives - Global Banking & Financial Markets at BT, talks about whether ISO 20022 is one standard to solve all problems at Sibos 2011.

29 September 2011

News/Post-trade & ops

Swift's MyStandards pilot moves into live production

Financial messaging network Swift has announced that its MyStandards project is now recruiting users after completing a closed pilot phase.

22 September 2011

Finextra TV/Post-trade & ops

Time to market at ING

Steve Van Wyk, CIO at ING, along with Hans Tesselaar of BIAN, discuss the role of 'agile' development at the bank.

22 September 2011

News/Post-trade & ops

Banking heads 'hugely disappointed' by T2S delay

Leading banks have expressed their disappointment at yesterday's news that Target 2 Securities (T2S), the European Central Bank's plan to streamline Europe's securities settlement structure, has been delayed yet again.

21 September 2011

News/Post-trade & ops

ECB calls on recalcitrant CSDs to take efficient approach to T2S integration

The ECB has called on central securities depositories (CSDs) to 'efficiently reshape' their IT infrastructure in order to integrate to the T2S platform, its proposed pan-European settlement service which has encountered further delays amid foot-dragging by CSDs and protracted arguments over costs and pricing.

21 September 2011

News/Post-trade & ops

MarkitServ to buy Logicscope

OTC derivatives processing services firm MarkitServ has agreed to buy UK post-trade software vendor Logicscope. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

21 September 2011

News/Post-trade & ops

T2S delayed again

The European Central Bank has once again been forced to push back the deadline for implementation of Target2 Securities, the Eurosystem's ambitious but controversial project to harmonise Europe's securities settlement structure.

20 September 2011

News/Post-trade & ops

Earthport and IPFA collaborate on untapped cross-border payments market

UK-based payments shop Earthport is to adopt the standards laid down by International Payments Framework Association (IPFA) as part of an international drive to meet small business demands for more efficient cross-border payments services.

20 September 2011

News/Post-trade & ops

Swift completes eBAM pilot

A pilot exercise led by financial messaging cooperative Swift for a single multibank platform enabling corporates to manage their account electronically has been completed.

20 September 2011

News/Post-trade & ops

Payment investigations initiative hampered by slow corporate uptake

A bank-led initiative to develop a utility model for end-to-end automation in the payment investigations process is being held back by a lack of corporate involvement.

20 September 2011

Finextra TV/Post-trade & ops

Swift's Securities Services

Brett Lancaster, managing director at Swift discusses data standards, legal entity identifiers and corporate actions prior to Sibos 2011.

15 September 2011

Finextra TV/Post-trade & ops

Turning the Challenges of Global Trade into Opportunities

John Bugeja of RBS discusses major themes in the global economy and trade prior to Sibos in Toronto 2011.

14 September 2011

Finextra TV/Post-trade & ops

Redefining post trade processing through Flexibility and Control

Richard Cummings, EVP at SmartStream, discusses how regulation is acting as a catalyst for the move towards intra-day management to deliver greater efficiency and control across post-trade operations. He explains how this will impact cash and liquidity management, managing reference data and the challenge represented by increased OTC derivatives volumes.

12 September 2011

News/Post-trade & ops

Swift sets up one-stop shop for reference data

Financial messaging co-operative Swift is bundling its suite of data directories to create a Web-based one-stop shop for payments-related reference data.

06 September 2011

News/Post-trade & ops

ECB sets T2S framework agreement deadline; UK looks to opt out

The European Central Bank has set an October deadline for its final offer to central security depositories (CSDs) on a framework agreement for the Target2Securities (T2S) system. However, the UK now seems certain to turn its back on the project.

22 July 2011

News/Post-trade & ops

Thomson Reuters moves to meet bank uncertainty over OTC rule shake-up

Thomson Reuters has set a mid-2012 deadline to get its trading platforms ready for forthcoming OTC derivatives regulations, as it releases research which shows clear bank unease at the uncertain impact of the new rules on front and back office operations.

11 July 2011