(In April, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) outlined its stance on artificial intelligence (A.I.) in financial operations. Speaking at the Global Alternative Investment Management Ops A.I. Summit, CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson noted that while A.I. is improving efficiency, it is also introducing new risks. She urged firms to strengthen oversight of A.I…. Read More >>
Citi & SDX to Tokenize Private Market Shares
Citi is collaborating with SDX Group AG (SDX), the digital assets exchange from SIX, so that the global bank can transform a paper-based system into a tokenized one that settles and secures private shares via SDX’s digital Central Securities Depositary (CSD) platform. The new solution will also deliver “late-stage pre-IPO equities to institutional and eligible… Read More >>
INDATA Bolsters Key Offerings via A.I. Tools
INDATA, a software and services provider for the buy side, has enhanced its order management system (OMS), portfolio accounting/reporting support, and manager/client portal offerings in an effort to offer productivity improvements for its clients, officials say. The provider of cloud-native, software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology and managed services is offering the following improvements: INDATA AI Agent for:… Read More >>
Canada’s Clearinghouse Has a New Post-Trade Core
The Canadian Depository for Securities Ltd. (CDS) hub for Canada’s depository, clearing, regulatory, and information needs has completed a major transition away from its legacy mainframe systems, provided by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), to the TCS BaNCS platform, officials say. According to CDS officials, the just-replaced systems, “while reliable for over twenty years,” became “complex… Read More >>
Finastra Takes Aim at MT-to-ISO 20022 Translations
Finastra, a provider of financial services software applications, recently launched its Transformation Service in support of the translation of MT formatted messages to the new ISO 20022 MX messaging standard. The new service is intended to help firms with financial messaging cooperative Swift’s migration from MT to MX ISO 20022 messaging standards. “The Transformation Service… Read More >>
Clearwater Analytics Finalizes $560M Beacon Acquisition
Clearwater Analytics, a provider of investment accounting software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, has completed its $560 million acquisition of Beacon Platform Inc., a maker of enterprise risk analytics, in a move intended to strengthen the range of Clearwater’s offerings, officials say. In March, Clearwater officials announced that they intended to “acquire Beacon for an aggregate purchase price… Read More >>
‘SIX Fixed Income Data’ Offers Centralization & Integration
SIX, a global financial data and market infrastructure provider, has launched SIX Fixed Income Data, a set of offerings that includes pricing, reference data, corporate actions, and underlying source documents intended to help participants in global fixed income markets centralize this key data, officials say. SIX is aiming the solution set at banks, asset managers,… Read More >>
DTCC Reports Record Volumes As Tariffs Roil Markets
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 >>
Chilean Firm Taps BBH for Custody & Fund Services
Asset servicing provider Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) has been tapped to provide custody and fund order services for a Chilean insurance company, Compañia de Seguros Confuturo SA, which, in its role as an institutional investor, oversees $2 billion in assets abroad, officials say. “Confuturo’s investments abroad have increased significantly, as has the diversity of instruments,… Read More >>
Firms Are Not Ready for Autonomous A.I.: SS&C Survey
A new survey from SS&C Technologies finds that artificial intelligence, particularly in its more advanced iterations, has captured the imagination of executive and senior IT and operations managers at financial services firms. However, firms need to do much more groundwork, such as building “the foundations — governance, trust, skills, readiness and more” before embracing advances… Read More >>
