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Ops Needs to Work More Closely with IT: Q&A

November 1, 2022 by Eugene Grygo

Ops Needs to Work More Closely with IT: Q&A

(FTF News recently got time with Emin Tatosian, the co-founder and chief technology officer (CTO) of FX HedgePool, a matching platform for the FX swaps market that launched in 2019. The company, which targets the mid-market execution of FX swaps, says it separates liquidity from credit and helps passive hedgers move liquidity among themselves with… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Outsourcing, Private Markets, Risk Management, Governance, Digital Transformation, Integration, Standards, Opinion, Q&As, Performance Measurement, KYC, Regulatory Reporting Tagged With: automation, back office, data management, front office, IT infrastructure, IT management, middle office, operations, regulatory reporting, Securities Operations, Standards

FCA Targets False ESG Labels

November 1, 2022 by Louis Chunovic

FCA Targets False ESG Labels

Picture it, teatime at London’s Financial Adventurers Club. “I say, chaps,” says one disreputable fellow, “did you see what the Yanks have come up with? ‘Green investing’! ‘Sustainable’! Must be some way to pocket a few shillings peddling that to the punters.” That’s greenwashing, and you can add it to your list of financial scams…. Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Risk Management, Diversity & Human Interest, Governance, Digital Transformation, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, ESG Data & Investing, KYC, AML/Fraud/Financial Crime, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Economic Sanctions, Industry News Tagged With: automation, back office, compliance, data management, ESG Data, ESG metrics, ESG Reporting, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), operational risk, operations, Standards

CACEIS & RBC Investor Services Collaborate & Other News

October 26, 2022 by FTF News

CACEIS & RBC Investor Services Collaborate & Other News

CACEIS to Acquire Part of RBC Investor Services CACEIS, the asset servicing banking group of Crédit Agricole S.A. and Santander, and the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) report that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) intended to result in the CACEIS acquisition of the European asset servicing activities of RBC Investor Services and… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Industry News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Outsourcing, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Settlement, Diversity & Human Interest, General Interest, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Digital Transformation, FinTech Trends, Integration, ESG Data & Investing, Performance Measurement, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News, People Moves Tagged With: automation, back office, cleared derivatives, Market Data, operations, performance measurement, regulatory reporting, Securities Operations, settlement

SEC Ends WORM-Only Storage Requirement

October 26, 2022 by Eugene Grygo

SEC Ends WORM-Only Storage Requirement

At long last, the SEC is ushering in a new era of electronic recordkeeping and many across the land are happy about it. In particular, the SEC has voted to adopt amendments to its rules regarding “electronic recordkeeping, prompt production of records, and third-party recordkeeping service requirements applicable to broker-dealers, security-based swap dealers (SBSDs), and… Read More >>

Filed Under: FTF Bull Run Blog, Derivatives Operations, Securities Operations, Data Management, Industry News, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Risk Management, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, FinTech Trends, Integration, Standards, Opinion, Minding the Gap, AML/Fraud/Financial Crime, Regulation & Compliance, Cybersecurity, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Economic Sanctions, Industry News Tagged With: automation, back office, collateral optimization, compliance, operations, SEC, Securities Operations, Standards, wall street, WORM, WORM-compliant, write once

SIBOS Explores a Shared Digital Future

October 17, 2022 by Eugene Grygo

SIBOS Explores a Shared Digital Future

The multiple impacts of digital assets and the digitization of traditional assets got plenty of attention at the first in-person version of the Sibos conference since 2019 that got underway earlier this week in Amsterdam. Put on by the SWIFT cooperative, Sibos 2022 was expecting “nearly 10,000 participants,” according to officials. The conference sessions, which… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Case Studies, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Settlement, Governance, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Integration, Standards, Performance Measurement, KYC, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News Tagged With: automation, back office, blockchain, compliance, data management, operations, Securities Operations, SIBOS 2022, SWIFT, SWIFT SIBOS, wall street

SS&C Advances Blue Prism & Mainstay Offerings at ‘Deliver’

October 12, 2022 by Eugene Grygo

SS&C Advances Blue Prism & Mainstay Offerings at ‘Deliver’

SS&C Technologies updated many of its mainstay systems and yet advanced key leading-edge offerings at the financial technology provider’s Deliver conference, held in Orlando, Fla., the week of Oct. 3. The event got underway even though Hurricane Ian made a turn toward Orlando prior to the start of the conference. SS&C’s Global Crisis Management (GCM)… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Data Management, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Outsourcing, Private Markets, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Settlement, Diversity & Human Interest, Governance, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, Performance Measurement, KYC, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News Tagged With: back office, Buy-side, compliance, data management, operational risk, operations, performance measurement, reconciliation, regulatory reporting, Securities Operations, SS&C

Overbond Launches A.I.-Based Margin Optimization & Other News

October 5, 2022 by FTF News

Overbond Launches A.I.-Based Margin Optimization & Other News

Overbond Adds A.I.-Based Functions  to Trading Engine  Overbond, a vendor focused on automation for credit trading, reports that it has added an artificial intelligence-based margin optimization function to its automated trading system to help sell-side, fixed income desks “optimize their hit ratio and increase the profitability of automated fixed income trading,” officials say. Currently, automated… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Clearing, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Settlement, Governance, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Integration, Standards, KYC, Regulation & Compliance, Cybersecurity, Derivatives, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News Tagged With: automation, back office, blockchain, Buy-side, ICE, IntercontinentalExchange, operations, Overbond, regulatory reporting, Securities Operations, settlement

Can SWIFT Make Post-Trade Ops More Transparent?

September 29, 2022 by Eugene Grygo

Can SWIFT Make Post-Trade Ops More Transparent?

SWIFT is strongly urging that the industry adopt Unique Transaction Identifiers (UTIs) as a way to bring more transparency to post-trade processing. The new UTI support would come via the SWIFT Securities View capability, which has had a successful pilot test, dubbed the “SWIFT Securities Tracking Pilot,” according to officials of the financial messaging, systems,… Read More >>

Filed Under: FTF Bull Run Blog, Derivatives Operations, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Data Management, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Settlement, Governance, Digital Transformation, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Standards, Opinion, Minding the Gap, KYC, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News Tagged With: automation, back office, compliance, data management, Eugene Grygo, Minding the Gap, operational risk, operations, settlement, SWIFT, SWIFT SIBOS, wall street

Nasdaq Overhauls Its Corporate Structure & Other News

September 29, 2022 by FTF News

Nasdaq Overhauls Its Corporate Structure & Other News

Nasdaq Sets Up Three New Divisions Nasdaq has announced that it is reorganizing its business units into three divisions that better reflect “the foundational shifts” of the global financial system and will help the exchanges company better serve client needs. The three new business divisions are Market Platforms, Capital Access Platforms, and Anti-Financial Crime, officials… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Middle-Office, Ops Automation, Risk Management, Governance, Digital Transformation, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Integration, Standards, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News, People Moves Tagged With: back office, blockchain, compliance, corporate actions, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency trading, data management, operational risk, operations, OTC derivatives, RBC, regulatory reporting, Securities Operations

Corporate Actions Meets DLT via SWIFT & Other News

September 16, 2022 by FTF News

Corporate Actions Meets DLT via SWIFT & Other News

American Century, Citi & Vanguard Join SWIFT Project SWIFT, the global financial messaging, systems, and services cooperative, reports that it is “collaborating with seven securities players — including asset managers and custodians American Century Investments, Citi, Vanguard and Northern Trust — to drive efficiencies in communicating significant corporate events.” The corporate actions project is based… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Middle-Office, Ops Automation, Outsourcing, Risk Management, Digital Transformation, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Standards, Performance Measurement, Regulation & Compliance, Industry News, People Moves Tagged With: automation, back office, blockchain, Buy-side, compliance, environmental, environmental, social and governance (ESG), operations, Securities Operations, SWIFT

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