After years of preparation, the U.S. securities industry is taking its first steps toward shorter settlement, which for many banks and other financial services firms has meant an end-to-end overhaul for key operations. Over the Labor Day weekend, major industry associations and industry participants will be skipping their last summer holiday to oversee the shortening… Read More >>
T+2 Systems Will Get Built in 2016: DTCC
(Editor’s note: The push for a shortened settlement cycle got major boosts last year when SEC Chair Mary Jo White gave a provisional nod to the two-day settlement cycle (T+2), and when the U.S. T+2 Industry Steering Committee (T+2 ISC) submitted its Implementation Playbook to the SEC and released it publicly. The T+2 ISC is… Read More >>
Guidelines for T+2 Move in U.S. Due in June
The initial results of the industry-wide initiative for adoption of the T+2 (trade day plus two days) settlement cycle in the U.S. will be outlined in a white paper due out in early June rather than this month, confirms a DTCC official. Last fall, the DTCC and other industry groups unveiled the T+2 initiative for… Read More >>
Q&A: DTCC VP Says T+2 Requirements Coming in May
John Abel, vice president with the DTCC, says the requirements for moving to the trading day plus two business days (T+2) shortened settlement cycle will be coming in early May. There will also be a parallel effort to identify the legal and regulatory changes needed to facilitate T+2. Abel, the DTCC and other industry groups… Read More >>
