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CME Group & Silicon Data to Launch Compute Futures

August 12, 2026 by FTF News

CME Group & Silicon Data to Launch Compute Futures

Derivatives exchanges company CME Group and GPU market intelligence and benchmarking provider Silicon Data will launch two compute futures contracts on Oct. 5, 2026, pending regulatory review, officials say. “Explosive demand has driven sharp swings in compute prices, with volatility exposing a gap in the risk-management toolkit for companies building the A.I. infrastructure. CME Group… Read More >>

Filed Under: Commodities Trading Operations, Derivatives Exchanges, Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Clearing, Data Management, Operational Risk, Integration, Standards, Performance Attribution, Portfolio Management Tagged With: A.I., back office, CME Group, Compute Futures, derivatives industry, futures and options, Securities Operations, wall street

Plume Joins DTCC’s Tokenization Working Group

August 12, 2026 by FTF News

Plume Joins DTCC’s Tokenization Working Group

Officials at Plume say that the platform provider for tokenizing real-world assets (RWA) has joined the Digital Assets Solutions Industry Working Group, a major tokenization effort of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC), and will offer its “expertise in compliance standards.” Announced in May, the working group represents “a broad cross-section” of traditional and… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, Back Office, Buy-Side, Data Management, Industry News, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Digital Asset Custody, Digital Transformation, FinTech Startups, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Integration, Standards Tagged With: automation, back office, DTCC, real world assets, Standards, tokenization

ANNA Service Bureau Incorporates Digital Token Identifiers

August 5, 2026 by Eugene Grygo

ANNA Service Bureau Incorporates Digital Token Identifiers

The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA), a global organization that supports International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) benchmarks, has taken what it calls a logical next step by incorporating Digital Token Identifiers (DTIs) into the ANNA Service Bureau (ASB), making it easier for securities firms to incorporate DTIs into data and operational processes, officials say…. Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, Back Office, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Governance, Data Science, Digital Asset Custody, Digital Transformation, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Integration, Standards Tagged With: asset tokenization, automation, back office, CFI, data management, FISN, identifiers, ISIN, Legal Entity Identifier, Securities Operations, tokenisation, tokenized funds, wall street

First Plus Asset Management Taps SS&C

August 5, 2026 by Eugene Grygo

First Plus Asset Management Taps SS&C

First Plus Asset Management (FPAM) reports that it has expanded its relationship with SS&C Technologies by picking the provider for operations support across Asia as part of an initiative for FPAM to service “its growing cross-border operating model.” SS&C will provide the multi-asset investment management firm with solutions “across the full investment lifecycle” via an… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, Back Office, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Private Markets, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Settlement Tagged With: Asia, automation, back office, cross-border solution, data management, Monetary Authority of Singapore, operational risk, private credit markets, Securities Operations, Singapore

E.U. Firms Anticipate Broader Adoption of Cleared Repos

August 5, 2026 by Eugene Grygo

E.U. Firms Anticipate Broader Adoption of Cleared Repos

European securities firms appear to be expanding the clearing repo market beyond a major function of the interdealer market to a “far wider application,” according to a new report based upon a survey of sell-side firms such as global banks, regional banks, non-bank futures commission merchants (FCMs), and non-bank brokers. Acuiti and Euronext officials interviewed… Read More >>

Filed Under: Commodities Trading Operations, Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Enforcement Tagged With: back office, CCP, cleared repos, clearinghouse, Euronext, Europe, repo, Standards

MarketAxess to Join ICE for $5.7 Billion

August 5, 2026 by FTF News

MarketAxess to Join ICE for $5.7 Billion

Officials at the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) confirm that they are acquiring fixed-income trading platform provider MarketAxess Holdings Inc. for approximately $5.7 billion to offer a single, unified platform across all segments of a fragmented and opaque market with an estimated $145.1 trillion in outstanding debt. The combination of fixed income services from both providers will… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Exchanges, Derivatives Operations, Securities Operations, Back Office, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Operational Risk, Sell-Side, Settlement, T+1 Settlement, Industry News Tagged With: automation, back office, bond trading, data management, Fixed Income, global exchanges, Securities Operations, Standards, wall street

Franklin Templeton Digital Assets Is a ‘Super Validator’

August 5, 2026 by FTF News

Franklin Templeton Digital Assets Is a ‘Super Validator’

Franklin Templeton Digital Assets officials say they are deepening their commitment to the Canton Network by becoming a Super Validator for the blockchain infrastructure. The announcement came via a recent posting on the X social media channel. “Financial institutions shouldn’t just use blockchains. They should help run them. TradFi and DeFi are becoming one. @CantonNetwork… Read More >>

Filed Under: Collateral & Margin Management, Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, Back Office, Buy-Side, Data Science, Digital Asset Custody, Digital Transformation, FinTech Startups, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Integration, Standards Tagged With: asset tokenization, automation, back office, blockchain applications, data management, public blockchains, Securities Operations, Super Validator

Fees Still Determine Choice of Derivatives Clearing Broker

July 29, 2026 by Eugene Grygo

Fees Still Determine Choice of Derivatives Clearing Broker

Buy-side firms participating in derivatives markets say that fees constitute the top determining factor in their choice of clearing brokers. But firms also value a clearing broker’s capabilities to access markets and products, the quality of transaction execution, and the operational processes they offer, according to “Execution and clearing: What the buy side expects from… Read More >>

Filed Under: Commodities Trading Operations, Derivatives Exchanges, Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Back Office, Buy-Side, Data Management, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Sell-Side, Settlement, Governance, Digital Transformation, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, Industry News Tagged With: automation, back office, clearing brokers, clearing fees, derivatives brokerage fees, derivatives dealers, exchnage traded derivatives, execution brokers, Standards, trading fees, wall street

Why Tokenization Makes ISO 20022 Migration Unavoidable

July 29, 2026 by Eugene Grygo

Why Tokenization Makes ISO 20022 Migration Unavoidable

(Tokenization has a little problem with decimalization that could become a big argument for fully embracing ISO 20022. So says Paul Fullam, the 2026-27 Chair of ISITC, a global industry trade group. Fullam is also a senior business consultant at FIS Global, and a securities operations veteran. “The problem is how far out past the… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, Back Office, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, FX Operations, Hedge Fund Operations, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Sell-Side, Settlement, T+1 Settlement, Digital Transformation, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Integration, Standards, Opinion, Q&As, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Compliance, Industry News Tagged With: asset tokenization, automation, back office, blockchain, compliance, data management, ISITC, ISO 15022, ISO 20022, Securities Operations, Standards, tokenization, wall street

Allspring Adds Distribution Data Support to SS&C Engagement

July 29, 2026 by FTF News

Allspring Adds Distribution Data Support to SS&C Engagement

Independent asset management firm Allspring Global Investments has added to its long-term agreement with SS&C Technologies by choosing SS&C SalesConnect as its primary sales data management solution for all intermediary distributed products in the U.S., officials say. Allspring has $642 billion in assets under advisement. Allspring is an existing customer of SS&C’s suite of services… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, IBOR, Back Office, Buy-Side, Digital Transformation, Standards Tagged With: automation, back office, compliance, data management, data silos, distribution data, Distribution Services, Securities Operations, Standards

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