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‘Crypto Week’ Marks the Arrival of Digital Assets

July 16, 2025 by Eugene Grygo

‘Crypto Week’ Marks the Arrival of Digital Assets

The powers that be in the federal government are facilitating digital asset and crypto projects, tokenization efforts, and cryptocurrency legislation and regulation, and have even declared that the week of July 14 as “Crypto Week.” Yet SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, who generally favors innovation for digital assets, has made a regulatory declaration that will… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Back Office, Buy-Side, Data Management, Industry News, Private Equity, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Digital Asset Custody, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Integration, Standards, Opinion, Minding the Gap, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Enforcement, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting Tagged With: automation, back office, blockchain, crypto operations, Crypto Week, data management, Minding the Gap, operational risk, Securities Operations

SS&C Adds Investment Management Suite to Black Diamond

July 16, 2025 by Eugene Grygo

SS&C Adds Investment Management Suite to Black Diamond

SS&C Technologies has added a suite of integrated capabilities to its Black Diamond Wealth Platform — dubbed Black Diamond Investment Management Services — that is intended to elevate client outcomes for advisors via streamlined portfolio management, trading, and client engagement, officials say. “Shifting client expectations are driving the need for advisors to solve more problems… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, Back Office, Buy-Side, Data Management, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Outsourcing, Performance Analytics, Performance Attribution Tagged With: automation, back office, data management, operational risk, Securities Operations, settlement, Standards, wall street

BNY & iCapital Form Alliance to Integrate Offerings

July 16, 2025 by FTF News

BNY & iCapital Form Alliance to Integrate Offerings

Custodian giant the Bank of New York Mellon Corp., (BNY Mellon) and iCapital, a fintech platform for investing, have allied to deliver an integrated offering through BNY Pershing’s Wove wealth management platform and BNY’s Alts Bridge system, officials say. “Building on the alternative investment experience for BNY Pershing clients who access iCapital through Wove, this… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, Back Office, Buy-Side, Data Management, Hedge Fund Operations, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Digital Asset Custody, Digital Transformation, FinTech Trends Tagged With: automation, back office, BNY Mellon, BNY Mellon Pershing, iCapital, Securities Operations, wall street

FICC Reports New Clearing Peak of $11.8 Trillion

July 16, 2025 by FTF News

FICC Reports New Clearing Peak of $11.8 Trillion

The Fixed Income Clearing Corp. (FICC), a subsidiary of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC), processed a new peak volume of $11.8 trillion in cleared transactions through its Government Securities Division (GSD) on June 30, the highest GSD volume recorded since April 9, when peak volume reached $11.4 trillion, officials say. “FICC’s Sponsored Service… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, Back Office, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Middle-Office, Operational Risk Tagged With: automation, back office, Central clearing, data management, DTCC, fixed income commodities and currencies (FICC), Securities Operations, US Treasurries, wall street

Firms Underestimate the Total Cost of Collateral

July 9, 2025 by FTF News

Firms Underestimate the Total Cost of Collateral

(The total cost of collateral is often underestimated because it extends beyond the direct cost of the assets themselves, explains Wassel Dammak, head of product strategy, collateral management at Vermeg, in a wide-ranging FTF News Q&A. The total cost of collateral encompasses three key components within any financial institution: technology, people, and processes, he adds…. Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, Back Office, Buy-Side, Data Management, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Integration, Standards, Opinion, Q&As Tagged With: automation, back office, collateral automation, collateral management processes, collateral margin management, compliance, data management, Securities Operations, Standards, wall street

Raymond James Ltd. to Hasten Digital Transformation via FNZ

July 9, 2025 by Eugene Grygo

Raymond James Ltd. to Hasten Digital Transformation via FNZ

Raymond James Ltd., the Canadian subsidiary of the North American investment firm Raymond James Financial, is investing in and collaborating with FNZ, a wealth management platform provider, to deliver a wealth management system intended to strengthen Raymond James Ltd.’s value proposition, officials say. The strategic investment in FNZ is intended to strengthen Raymond James Ltd.’s… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Back Office, Buy-Side, Data Management, Private Equity, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Outsourcing, Artificial Intelligence, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT Tagged With: automation, back office, blockchain, Buy-side, digital transformation, Securities Operations, Standards, wealth management technology, wealth manager

Time to Embrace Tokenized Bank Liabilities?

July 9, 2025 by FTF News

Time to Embrace Tokenized Bank Liabilities?

A new report backed by regulators and financial services industry groups aims to set the stage for using tokenized bank liabilities and shared ledgers in cross-border payments and foreign exchange (FX) settlement. The initiative falls under Project Guardian, a global effort led by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to enhance liquidity and efficiency in… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Exchanges, Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Back Office, Buy-Side, Data Management, FX Operations, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Digital Transformation, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT Tagged With: Ant International, automation, bank liabilities, blockchain, data management, derivatives, International Swaps and Derivatives Association Fix (Isdafix), regulatory reporting, Securities Operations, tokenization

DNA Brokerage Launches Broker-Dealer Affiliate

July 9, 2025 by FTF News

DNA Brokerage Launches Broker-Dealer Affiliate

Independent introducing broker DNA Brokerage LLC has launched an affiliate broker-dealer, DNA Securities, which will allow the combined companies to offer futures services and securities trading solutions to institutional customers, officials say. “DNA launched its futures brokerage services in August 2024. Driven by customer demand, DNA has expanded its services to include the introduction of… Read More >>

Filed Under: Commodities Trading Operations, Derivatives Exchanges, Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Back Office, Buy-Side, Data Management, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Risk Management, Sell-Side Tagged With: broker dealers, compliance, derivatives dealers, introducing broker, Securities Operations, Standards

A.I. Is a Force Multiplier for Ops Teams: SS&C

July 2, 2025 by Eugene Grygo

A.I. Is a Force Multiplier for Ops Teams: SS&C

(Applying artificial intelligence (A.I.) to securities operations is “definitely a force multiplier,” says Rob Stone, senior vice president and general manager of intelligent automation and analytics at SS&C Technologies, in this FTF News Q&A. For the past two years, Stone has been getting to know all that SS&C Blue Prism can do for A.I.-powered automation,… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, Back Office, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Hedge Fund Operations, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Outsourcing, Risk Management, Settlement, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech Trends, Opinion, Q&As, Cybersecurity, Regulatory Compliance, Economic Sanctions Tagged With: AI technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), automation, back office, Blue Prism, Buy-side, compliance, digital workers, Large Language Models (LLM), robotic process automation (RPA), Securities Operations, SS&C Technologies

SEC Chair Declares New Era of Reasonable Deadlines

July 2, 2025 by Eugene Grygo

SEC Chair Declares New Era of Reasonable Deadlines

“The days of unreasonable deadlines have passed,” declared SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins late last month. The head of the SEC was referring to the commission’s vote to extend the compliance date to June 30, 2026, for the amendments to the broker-dealer “Customer Protection Rule (a.k.a. Rule 15c3-3).” “This extension will provide more time for… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, Back Office, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Sell-Side, Digital Transformation, Opinion, Minding the Gap, AML/Fraud/Financial Crime, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Enforcement, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News Tagged With: automation, broker/dealers, compliance, institutional investors, investor protections, SEC, Securities Operations, Standards, wall street

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