As more securities operations use distributed ledger technology (DLT), policymakers, regulators, and market participants need to identify regulation, supervision, and risk management practices that “support appropriate stability and protections for all industry stakeholders,” according to a new report, “The Impact of Distributed Ledger Technology in Global Capital Markets.” The report is the result of a… Read More >>
DLT Meets Collateral Management via Partnership
CloudMargin & Ivno Bring DLT to Collateral & Margining CloudMargin, maker of a cloud-native collateral and margining solution, is working with Ivno, a financial markets tokenization vendor, to develop a collateral management solution that uses distributed ledger technology (DLT) and cloud computing, officials say. Their new strategic partnership will leverage Ivno’s DLT strengths and CloudMargin’s… Read More >>
Wall Street Resists Full Embrace of DLT: Report
Blockchains based upon distributed ledger technology (DLT) have the capacity to undo the “complexity, opacity and fragmentation of capital markets,” but they lack a clear path to wider acceptance, are competing against other disruptive technologies for funding, and represent a threat to traditional industry institutions, according to a new report from World Economic Forum (WEF)…. Read More >>
SWIFT Gets on the Blockchain Proof-of-Concept Bus
Financial messaging and services cooperative SWIFT is providing more details about its R&D efforts, including proof of concept efforts, for blockchain/distributed ledger technology (DLT) in a white paper it just completed with global consultancy Accenture The two have combined efforts for a position paper, “SWIFT on Distributed Ledger Technologies: Delivering an Industry Standard Platform through… Read More >>
