Post-trade & ops

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Wematch appoints electronic trading veteran, Jack Jeffery as chairman

Wematch, the global multi-asset-class, web-based matching and negotiation platform, has appointed Jack Jeffery as Chairman of its Board.

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CLS appoints Deborah Hrvatin as chief risk officer

CLS, a market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, today announces the appointment of Deborah Hrvatin as Chief Risk Officer.

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AFME urges faster adoption of cloud computing in capital markets

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has set out 14 recommendations to help realise the full potential of public cloud computing across the capital markets industry, as issues around legacy technology, security and regulatory concerns and standardisation slow uptake.

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Zedra reaches agreement to acquire LJ Fiduciary

ZEDRA Group, the fast-growing global specialist in Trust, Corporate and Fund Services has today announced the acquisition of LJ Fiduciary, from investment firm Alvarium.

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KRM22 postpones search for new funding

KRM22, an investment vehicle created to undertake a roll up of software companies providing risk management tools to the capital markets industry, has put a halt to a search for new funding citing the uncertainties surrounding Brexit.

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Blockchain post-trade processing firm Vakt picks Lisbon for development centre

Vakt, the company re-imagining commodity post-trade processing underpinned by blockchain, has officially selected its Lisbon office as the company’s development centre, following enthusiastic industry reaction to the platform and rapidly expanding headcounts.

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Accenture, SAP and R3 build currency token prototype for connecting RTGS to Corda blockchain

Accenture (NYSE: ACN), SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) and R3 are collaborating and co-innovating to build a real-time gross settlement system that will enable faster, more efficient, reliable and secure payments between banks and customers.

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GoldenSource creates data connection for Isin/LEI link

GoldenSource has announced a new data connection to support the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) and Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) initiative to link International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) and Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs).

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IHS Markit brings electronic trade settlement to distressed leveraged loans

IHS Markit (NYSE: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced that ClearPar has introduced electronic trade settlement to the distressed leveraged loan market. Deutsche Bank was the first to close a trade using the new technology.

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Confluence buys StatPro for £161.1 million

US investment data management outfit Confluence has sealed a deal to buy UK portfolio analytics company StatPro for £161.1 million.

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Wider use of LEIs could save banking industry up to $4 billion per annum

Research conducted by McKinsey on behalf of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has concluded that wider use of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) across the global banking sector could save the industry U.S.$2-4 billion annually in client onboarding costs alone.

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Credit Suisse and SocGen first up for Paxos Settlement Service

Post-trade blockchain startup Paxos has been given the go-ahead from the Securities and Exchange Commission to process transactions in the US equities market.

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DTCC appoints Lynn Bishop as CIO

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the appointment of Lynn Bishop as Chief Information Officer (CIO), effective immediately.

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Refinitiv and NRI go live on post-trade pact

Refinitiv and Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI), a leading provider of consulting services and system solutions, today announced that North American wealth management firms can now benefit from their strategic partnership announced in 2018.

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Torstone opens Toronto office

Torstone Technology, a leading provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, today announces the opening of a new office in Toronto to better support its growing base of North American clients which are increasingly looking for modern, cloud-based post-trade technology.

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Itarle creates special purpose fintech investment vehicle

Itarle AG (“Itarle”), a leading provider of high-performance best execution services to banks, has created Itarle Ventures GmbH, a new Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV).

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SmartStream introduces an artificial intelligence module to capture missed payments and receipts

SmartStream Technologies, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM®) solutions provider, today completed a proof of concept for an artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning module within its existing TLM Cash and Liquidity Management solution for receipts and payments - essential for any business in terms of liquidity risk and regulatory reporting.

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Major buy-side and sell-side firms call for regulatory action to make clearing houses safer

BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Allianz, Citi, Societe Generale, State Street, T. Rowe Price, and Vanguard, today, in a joint paper, presented detailed recommendations from both buy-side and sell-side perspectives to further enhance the safety and soundness of central counterparties (CCPs), also known as clearing houses.

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Outlook for Treasury Ecosystems in 2022

Thomas Zink, Research Director, IDC & Tim Tyler, Global Industry Principle, Corporate, Finastra, speak about Finastra's on treasury trends, the shift in treasurers priorities, what banks need to do to stay relevant and future proof, and what technology banks can look to to support them going forward.

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Consortium formed to push machine-readable trade language

A new consortium with a focus on General-purpose Legal Mark-up Language (GLML) has been created to facilitate automation in financial markets.