Raymond James Ltd., the Canadian subsidiary of the North American investment firm Raymond James Financial, is investing in and collaborating with FNZ, a wealth management platform provider, to deliver a wealth management system intended to strengthen Raymond James Ltd.’s value proposition, officials say. The strategic investment in FNZ is intended to strengthen Raymond James Ltd.’s… Read More >>
Time to Embrace Tokenized Bank Liabilities?
A new report backed by regulators and financial services industry groups aims to set the stage for using tokenized bank liabilities and shared ledgers in cross-border payments and foreign exchange (FX) settlement. The initiative falls under Project Guardian, a global effort led by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to enhance liquidity and efficiency in… Read More >>
A.I. Is a Force Multiplier for Ops Teams: SS&C
(Applying artificial intelligence (A.I.) to securities operations is “definitely a force multiplier,” says Rob Stone, senior vice president and general manager of intelligent automation and analytics at SS&C Technologies, in this FTF News Q&A. For the past two years, Stone has been getting to know all that SS&C Blue Prism can do for A.I.-powered automation,… Read More >>
SEC Chair Declares New Era of Reasonable Deadlines
“The days of unreasonable deadlines have passed,” declared SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins late last month. The head of the SEC was referring to the commission’s vote to extend the compliance date to June 30, 2026, for the amendments to the broker-dealer “Customer Protection Rule (a.k.a. Rule 15c3-3).” “This extension will provide more time for… Read More >>
‘Your Bourse’ Expands Liquidity via BlockFills Link
BlockFills, a digital assets market infrastructure provider, has been integrated with brokerage technology provider Your Bourse, which will expand BlockFills’ network of liquidity providers while at the same time allowing BlockFills to serve as a liquidity provider to brokers using the Your Bourse platform, officials say. The Your Bourse trading and pricing infrastructure supports cryptocurrencies,… Read More >>
Ortex to Provide Short Interest Data to EDI Clients
Global securities data provider Exchange Data International (EDI) is partnering with financial analytics provider Ortex to offer EDI clients access to Ortex’s comprehensive Short Interest Data, officials say. The partnership is intended to help EDI clients access “real-time short interest data, including key metrics such as shares on loan, cost of borrow, and the Ortex… Read More >>
AutoRek Launches Recs Platform for Crypto Ops
AutoRek, a provider of automated reconciliation and financial control solutions, has launched Mion, a data management and reconciliation platform targeting a gap in the market for financial institutions — cryptocurrency and digital asset operations, officials say. Mion offers “unprecedented precision” because it offers “processing up to 20 digits before and 18 after the decimal point… Read More >>
Mereo Insurance Taps Northern Trust Asset Servicing
A new reinsurance firm, Mereo Insurance Ltd., has tapped Northern Trust Asset Servicing to provide custody services and institutional brokerage solutions, which means that it will act as a broker for Mereo’s trade execution needs, officials say. In addition, the Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) unit will manage “a portion of Mereo’s fixed income portfolio… Read More >>
Partior Links to OSTTRA’s FX PvP Settlement Service
Partior, a provider of DLT-based wholesale settlement for tokenized instruments, has a new link to the on-demand FX payment-versus-payment (PvP) settlement service from OSTTRA and Baton Systems, officials say. The new integration between Baton’s and Partior’s DLT-based systems “expands participants’ options for settling FX transactions with PvP protection to include using tokenized commercial bank facilities…. Read More >>
DTCC to Explore Fnality Integration with Digital Launchpad
Post-trade infrastructure provider the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC) and a provider of regulated DLT-based wholesale payment systems Fnality are collaborating “on the potential integration of the Fnality wholesale payments system (FnPS) as a payment rail” within DTCC’s recently introduced Digital Launchpad, officials say. The Digital Launchpad supports “the testing and advancement of emerging… Read More >>
