A division of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission staff has issued a clarification that will allow shares of certain U.S. Treasury exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to be treated as redeemable securities in a pooled investment fund and thus eligible as margin collateral for certain uncleared swap transactions. The clarification allows these instruments to qualify as eligible… Read More >>
A.I. Analytics Firm Partners with ETF Data Provider
A.I. analytics provider for global financial markets, big xyt, is partnering with Trackinsight, a data provider for the exchange-traded funds (ETFs) sector, to offer market participants new insights into ETF transactions and investments across the globe, officials say. The partnership is intended to help firms navigate the global ETF market, which is “rapidly evolving, driven… Read More >>
Direxion Taps SS&C for ETF & Mutual Fund Distribution
A provider of tradeable and thematic ETFs, Direxion will be using the services of SS&C ALPS Distributors, which will act as the underwriter and distributor for issuance, redemption and distribution of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and mutual funds, officials say. SS&C ALPS, which is owned by SS&C Technologies, will help Direxion manage more than $40 billion… Read More >>
ETF Industry Braces for T+1 Ops Headaches
U.S. regulators are leaving it to the $10 trillion exchange-traded fund (ETF) industry to devise solutions for securities operation headaches arising from the North American transition to T+1 settlement scheduled for May 28 of this year. The International Securities Services Association (ISSA) says it has had some “useful discussions” with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission… Read More >>
Bloomberg Debuts ETF List-Trading Function & Other News
ETF Function Stretches Across 100 Liquidity Providers Bloomberg has launched a list-trading service for exchange-traded funds (ETFs), dubbed the ETF Request for Quote (RFQe), that helps traders with pricing and liquidity searches across multiple-asset ETFs via “more than 100 liquidity providers,” Bloomberg says. RFQe builds upon current functions to help clients trade multiple securities with… Read More >>
UBS Settles Volatility-Related ETP Case for $8M
UBS Financial Services Inc. has reached an $8 million settlement with the SEC over allegations that the firm had compliance failures via the sales of exchange-traded products (ETPs) tied to market volatility. UBS Financial Services Inc. is a broker-dealer and investment adviser that has had dual registration with the SEC since 1971, according to the… Read More >>
NSCC Automates Collateral Management for ETFs
NSCC Also Adds Support for Fixed Income ETFs National Securities Clearing Corp. (NSCC) officials report that they have launched an automated solution to make the collateral management process for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) more efficient. The changes to this mostly manual process also include new support for fixed income ETF capabilities. “The new NSCC solution fully… Read More >>
Buy-Side Traders Are Surviving Electronic Trading
Buy-side traders may have one reason to breathe a little easier amid the pandemic-induced downturn and related market volatility. State-of-the-art, integrated, electronic transaction platforms are not likely to replace humans on the trading desks any time soon, according to researchers at market research firm Greenwich Associates. “The average number of traders on buy-side trading desks… Read More >>
Blockchain Successor to CHESS to Launch in 2022
Pandemic Delays Launch of New ASX System The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has set its new go-live date of April 2022 for the blockchain-based system that will replace its incumbent clearing and settlement, the Clearing House Electronic Subregister System (CHESS), officials say. The new launch date is 12 months beyond the original launch date, which… Read More >>
Tokyo Firm Gets New Trading Engine from Fidessa
Marusan Securities Signs On to Fidessa Marusan Securities Co., Ltd., an independent securities firm headquartered in Tokyo, has deployed Fidessa’s transaction technology to better serve its wholesale agency trading customers, say officials at the firm and Fidessa. In fact, 11 securities firms in Japan are using Fidessa for wholesale agency trading purposes, according to the… Read More >>
