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Fed governor: Digital tokens for financial settlement hold promise for central banks

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Fed governor: Digital tokens for financial settlement hold promise for central banks

Federal Reserve governor Lael Brainard believes special-purpose digital tokens for wholesale payments and some aspects of distributed ledger technology may hold promise for strengthening traditional financial instruments and markets.

Sberbank and MTS issue first Russian bonds on a blockchain

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Sberbank and MTS issue first Russian bonds on a blockchain

Sberbank and telco MTS have implemented the first Russian issue of commercial bonds via smart contracts utilising a blockchain platform developed by National Settlement Depository.

Nomura bids to create institutional-grade custody offering for digital assets

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Nomura bids to create institutional-grade custody offering for digital assets

Japanese merchant bank Nomura has set up a new venture to provide safekeeping and custody services for cryptocurrency-denominated assets managed by institutional investors.

TMX and Bank of Canada conclude blockchain 'feasible' for securities settlement

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TMX and Bank of Canada conclude blockchain 'feasible' for securities settlement

Using distributed ledger technology for instantaneous clearing and settlement of securities is "feasible", Canada's central bank and biggest exchange operator have concluded in the wake of a proof-of-concept test.

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Nathan Wolaver returns to Asset Control as MD of Americas

Leading data management and analytics provider Asset Control today announces the appointment of Nathan Wolaver as MD Americas with immediate effect.

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NRI upgrades I-Star suite to support T+0

Today NRI, a leading provider of consulting services and system solutions completed the upgrade of its popular I-STAR Suite to support T+0 settlements of general collateral repurchase transactions which is promoted by Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC).

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Oslo Bourse adds EuroCCP as third central counterparty

Oslo Børs will add EuroCCP as a third central counterparty, offering clearing services for trades executed on Oslo Børs.

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Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange upgrades Cinnober platform

The Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX), and its 100% fully owned subsidiary the Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation (DCCC), the leading derivatives exchange and clearing house in the Middle East, has upgraded its integrated trading and clearing solution from Cinnober to the latest version of the TRADExpress platform.

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More than half of institutional investors plans to outsource data management by 2021

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) announced today new research[1], which reveals that more than half (60 percent) of institutional investors surveyed plan to partly or fully outsource their data management over the next three years.

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DTCC begins night cycle re-engineering for faster settlement

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced a timetable for the first phase of settlement optimization, a significant enhancement aimed at removing an entire market day of settlement exposure without eliminating a calendar day from the standard trade settlement process.

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Xceptor appoints Sharon Cooper as CFO and Shaleen Dastur as US sales director

Xceptor, a global provider of software for intelligent data automation, today announced two strategic appointments following a period of unprecedented growth that has seen the company revenues increase by 57% in the last year alone.

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Cathay Capital and Bpifrance to acquire majority stake in NeoXam

Cathay Capital and Bpifrance today announced that they have signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in global financial software company NeoXam from BlackFin Capital Partners.

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Cobalt FX post-trade network secures investment from SGX

Cobalt, the foreign exchange (FX) post-trade processing network based on shared infrastructure and high performance technology, has secured a strategic investment from Singapore Exchange (SGX), which operates Asia’s largest, most diverse and fastest growing FX exchange.

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Thomson Reuters Beta platform goes post-trade with NRI

Thomson Reuters has expanded its North American wealth management brokerage processing platform, BETA, to include automated international post-trade processing for multi-market and multi-currency securities, representing a significant advancement in a continuous effort to better serve both retail and institutional clients.

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Singapore to move to central clearing for OTC derivatives

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will introduce regulations to require over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives to be cleared on central counterparties (CCPs), with effect from 1 October 2018.

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Regulators express concern over CCP lag on risk management and recovery planning

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published a report, entitled Implementation monitoring of PFMI: follow-up Level 3 assessment of CCPs’ recovery planning, coverage of financial resources and liquidity stress testing, assessing the progress made by central counterparties (CCPs) in addressing the most serious issues of concern that were identified in an initial Level 3 report published in 2016.

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Motive Labs partners with Inforalgo

Motive Labs, the global innovation firm focused on building the next generation of financial technology, announced today that it has formed a strategic partnership based on value creation with Inforalgo, a leading provider of data connectivity and harmonization technology to the Capital Markets industry.

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Conning to use AIM Software’s Gain as centralised EDM Platform

AIM Software, a leading provider of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) software to the Buy-Side, has announced that Conning, a global investment management firm headquartered in North America, will use GAIN as its central EDM platform.

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Mosaic Smart Data names FICC veteran, Jack Jeffery, as chairman

Mosaic Smart Data (Mosaic), the FICC data analytics company, is today announcing that Jack Jeffery has joined the company as Chairman of the Board.

ASX sets timetable for switch to distributed ledger

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ASX sets timetable for switch to distributed ledger

The Australian Securities Exchange says it will begin the switch from its Chess post-trade settlement system to a new blockchain-based platform provided by Digital Asset between the fourth quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021.

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