(Editor’s Note: Earlier this month, DTCC officials announced that they engaged in a two-phased pilot program to bring more automation to corporate actions (CA) processing. The effort addresses decades-long asset services challenges around the sourcing of corporate actions announcements via streamlining interactions across the agent and issuer community thorough standards and automation. The ultimate goal
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Survey Finds a Digital Divide for Securities Firms
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Johnson Financial Group Taps the Cloud for IR Swaps
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Partnership Links SIX’s Connexor to D7 Platform
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