As cryptocurrencies and their inherent distributed ledger technology (DLT) gain ground in global markets, the U.S. government, among others, is exploring the creation of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) that would provide more protection for investors and financial services participants. Looking ahead to the onset of a CBDC, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp…. Read More >>
Broadridge Revamps ProxyVote App & Other News
ProxyVote Updates Target Ease-of- Voting & Query Concerns Broadridge Financial Solutions has improved its ProxyVote app to help investors gain easier access to proxy information, officials say. “The enhancements make it easier than ever for investors to access and review proxy information in upcoming annual meetings of the companies and mutual funds they own, and… Read More >>
Broadridge & DTCC Target Voluntary Corporate Actions
Broadridge Financial Solutions is laying the groundwork for an automated path for voluntary corporate actions in standardized ISO 20022 format via a connection to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp.’s new automated process for submitting instructions, officials say. The securities industry has been wrestling with the inefficient manual aspects of corporate actions processing for many… Read More >>
Key Groups Push to Start T+1 in 2024
The goalpost for the move by U.S. equities markets from T+2 to the shorter T+1 settlement cycle has shifted from 2023 to the first half of 2024 after an outreach to the industry revealed that more time was needed to revamp and test systems, workflows, and operations to facilitate this fundamental change to securities transaction processing…. Read More >>
North American Firms Could Face CSDR Penalties: Q&A
(Earlier this month, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC), a post-trade market infrastructure systems and services provider, reported that its Exception Manager platform for trade exceptions would include an optional Central Securities Depositories Regulation or CSDR service. The DTCC is also launching a new link between the Exception Manager offering and its Central Trade… Read More >>
CloudMargin & Margin Tonic to Launch AANA Service
Collaboration to Target Ongoing UMR Calculations CloudMargin, a collateral and margin management vendor, and Margin Tonic, a service provider for collateral and post-trade operations, are working together to launch “a global Average Aggregated Notional Amount (AANA) calculation service” that trading firms can use to navigate the phases of the Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR) regulatory reforms…. Read More >>
FICC & SEC Settle Backtesting Case for $8M
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission reports that Fixed Income Clearing Corp. (FICC), a clearing agency that is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC), will pay an $8 million penalty in a settlement of the commission’s charges that it “failed to have adequate risk management policies” within its… Read More >>
DTCC Moves Ahead with DLT-Based Settlement Platform
The DTCC is moving ahead with its alternative securities settlement platform —the Project Ion initiative — based upon distributed ledger technology (DLT) after “a successful prototype pilot” with market participants, officials say. The prototype pilot showed that DLT could support the shorter settlement cycles of trading day plus one (T+1) and settlement on the trading… Read More >>
No Showstoppers for T+1 Overhaul: ISITC Panel
While no one would mistake the T+1 shorter settlement drama for a joyous Broadway musical, there are not likely to be any showstoppers as the securities industry transitions to a one-day settlement cycle after execution for U.S. equities. But there’s a lot of work ahead. So says a panel of experts assembled by ISITC for… Read More >>
SIFMA, ICI, DTCC Seek SEC’s Help with T+1
The major backers of the move to shorten the U.S. securities industry settlement cycle from T+2 to T+1 by 2023 are moving full speed ahead as they reach out via a letter to the SEC about potential regulatory changes. Officials from the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), the Investment Company Institute (ICI), and… Read More >>
