As the great songwriter Joni Mitchell once noted, “you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone.” Such was the case with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and many other federal agencies that experienced a halt in operations after a partial shutdown that began Jan. 31. The Trump administration and the U.S. Congress acted… Read More >>
It’s Time to Submit Nominations for the FTF Awards
We are knee deep in awards season for multiple disciplines and industries. The securities operations industry is no different as we launched the nominations process for the 2026 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards on January 12. The current FTF Awards program closely follows the dynamics of cutting-edge technology, operations management concerns, greater financial crime threats,… Read More >>
Hamilton Lane to Collaborate with Clearstream
Private markets investment firm Hamilton Lane is working with Clearstream, a post-trade services provider of Deutsche Börse Group, to bring Hamilton Lane’s European evergreen fund offering to Clearstream’s integrated fund distribution platform, officials say. The move is intended to “improve operational efficiency and provide access for a broader range of clients seeking private markets exposure,”… Read More >>
Clearwater Taps A.I. to Accelerate Risk Modeling & Analysis
Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), a cloud-native provider of an integrated, front-to-back office operations platform, has embedded agentic artificial intelligence (A.I.) capabilities in an enterprise risk and quantitative analytics platform, known as Beacon, to help risk teams speed up model validation, exposure analysis, and decision-making, officials say. “As regulatory scrutiny intensifies and portfolio complexity reaches unprecedented levels,… Read More >>
LMAX Group & Ripple Push for Stablecoin Adoption
LMAX Group, a cross-asset marketplace for FX and digital assets, and Ripple, a financial technology company offering crypto solutions for businesses, have launched a partnership to “accelerate the fusion of traditional and digital capital markets,” officials say. As part of this multi-year collaboration, LMAX will integrate Ripple’s stablecoin RLUSD, which is pegged to the U.S…. Read More >>
Fundsmith Taps SS&C to Support U.S. ETF Launch
Fundsmith is expanding its relationship with SS&C Technologies to bolster the launch of its exchange-traded fund (ETF) — the Fundsmith Equity ETF — in the U.S., officials say. “The ETF will seek long-term growth in value by investing in listed equities on a global basis. Fundsmith will use SS&C for fund administration, accounting, compliance, legal,… Read More >>
Droit Adds GenAI Capability to Adept Platform
A technology platform – Adept from Droit — that reviews laws, rules, and policies to provide securities firms with compliance decisions that underpin their pre- and post-trade actions now has a generative artificial intelligence (A.I.) capability — dubbed the Decision Decoder — providing “context-aware explanations” for compliance decisions, officials say. The Adept platform evaluates the… Read More >>
Could Your Firm Meet the E.U.’s A.I. Standards?
Industry standards association ISITC Europe has partnered with A.I. product safety and risk management startup Genbounty to help financial services firms ensure compliance with the E.U. Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act. The Act, which came into force on Aug. 1, 2024, establishes a legal framework for A.I. usage grounded in a risk-based assessment of different applications…. Read More >>
BCP Buys Digital Asset Trading Unit from Numeus
A group of Bitcoin investors, Blockstream Capital Partners (BCP), has acquired a digital asset trading and investment business from investment firm Numeus Group, officials say. The move is intended to expand BCP’s bitcoin trading and yield generation capabilities. Founded in 2021, Numeus Group is a digital asset investment firm and has been led by a… Read More >>
40% of U.K & E.U. Firms Could Fail T+0 Step
Around 40 percent of securities firms in the European Union (E.U.) and the U.K. are expected to miss the 2026 deadlines tied to T+0 allocations and confirmations, a development described as a “red flag item” by the industry standards body ISITC. The findings form part of research conducted by market research firm ValueExchange, which reported… Read More >>
