Post-trade market infrastructure provider the Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. (DTCC) has quantified recent market volatility, spurred by tariff turmoil and other factors, with reports of record volumes via its platforms and services. DTCC officials report peak values and volumes across: The National Securities Clearing Corp. (NSCC): “On April 9, NSCC achieved a new peak… Read More >>
Japanese Firm Embraces DTCC’s Post-Trade Suite
A Japanese regional bank, FFG Asset Management, is moving to “no touch” post-trade processing for equities and fixed income transactions via the services of the Institutional Trade Processing (ITP) suite from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC). FFG AM, based in Fukuoka, reports that it has selected DTCC’s CTM for the centralized matching of… Read More >>
T+1 Could Expose Ops Woes for Many Firms
The pain, suffering, and costs of doing business in the global securities industry are likely to increase as a result of the push for shorter settlement cycles, which is underway in the U.S. and Canada as firms there transition to trading day plus one, a.k.a. T+1. That was one of the unvarnished takeaways from a… Read More >>
GBST Now Certified for Omgeo CTM
GBST Holdings Ltd. (GBST), a provider of securities transaction and fund administration software for the financial services industry, reports that it and Omgeo, a wholly owned subsidiary of The DTCC, have developed and certified a new iteration of GBST’s Syn~ application that features connectivity with Omgeo’s Central Trade Manager (CTM). The new application provides clients… Read More >>