The SEC is hosting key industry roundtables this month – one will be a series of roundtables on the regulation of cryptocurrencies, and the other will be a one-day event on the governance of artificial intelligence (A.I.). The SEC’s newly formed Crypto Task Force “will host a series of roundtables to discuss key areas of… Read More >>
‘ChatGIPS’ Brings Together A.I. & Industry Standards
ChatGPT, the well-known chatbot system using artificial intelligence (A.I.) and developed by OpenAI, has crossed paths with the Global Investment Performance Standards, or GIPS, which are the voluntary ethical guidelines for performance measurement and client reporting created and maintained by the CFA Institute, and the ChatGIPS chatbot now exists in the world. Just to remind… Read More >>
Urgency Building for ISO 20022 Transitions
(The Swift global cooperative for financial messaging is ending its support for the legacy MT standards for cross-border payments on Nov. 22, 2025, and is urging firms to transition to the updated ISO 20022 standard. This follows the Swift community’s decision in 2018 to adopt ISO 20022 for cross-border payments and reporting. The global embrace… Read More >>
Can Tokenization Save Asset Managers $135 Billion?
Tokenization is “the process of transforming asset ownership into digital tokens on a blockchain,” and it could also be one of the fastest ways for the asset management industry to save $135 billion by trimming the costs associated with traditional fund accounting, transfer agencies, compliance monitoring, and regulatory reporting. This is according to the recently… Read More >>
U.K. Fires Starting Gun on T+1 Settlement
The U.K. Accelerated Settlement Taskforce (AST) has officially kicked off the transition to a T+1 settlement cycle, with backing from the U.K. government, the Bank of England, and the U.K. regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The switch is set for October 11, 2027, marking a major operational shift for UK financial services firms. AST… Read More >>
Advyzon & StoneX Collaborate on Wealth Management
Advyzon Enterprise Solutions is partnering with the Correspondent Clearing division of StoneX Financial Inc. to bring Advyzon’s technology platform and portfolio management solution to StoneX’s introducing broker-dealers and financial advisors, officials say. A wholly owned subsidiary of StoneX Group Inc., StoneX Correspondent Clearing is a financial services firm that provides global market access, clearing and… Read More >>
Euroclear to Deploy BBH’s IDS Platform
Asset servicing provider Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is working with Euroclear, the Brussels-based international central securities depository (ICSD), to provide SWIFT message transformation and network connectivity for Euroclear’s new Bilateral Repo service, officials say. “Enabling repo market participants’ connectivity to multiple custodians is a key attribute of this new service and provides highly sought-after depository… Read More >>
A New CFTC May Emerge from the Disruption
The Trump White House has put forward Brian Quintenz as the next chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and, if confirmed, he will be working with a commodities and derivative markets regulator that has been experiencing several disruptions since the start of the year. Quintenz, who served as a CFTC commissioner from August… Read More >>
SEC & CFTC Prioritize Crypto Regs Creation
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) are following up on their recent announcements to move quickly on cryptocurrency regulation just as industry providers are getting on the crypto train. The SEC is offering more details about the mission of its special Crypto Task Force and the CFTC will be… Read More >>
EDI Expands Investment Fund Reference Services
Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global securities data, has added 22 countries to its investment fund reference data service coverage to meet the needs of wealth management companies with investment funds in their client portfolios that need reference and corporate data for updates, officials say. The additional coverage is available now. “We have… Read More >>
