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Key Firms Want Self-Clearing for Derivatives: Survey

September 17, 2025 by Eugene Grygo

Key Firms Want Self-Clearing for Derivatives: Survey

Hedge fund and proprietary trading firms that participate in derivatives markets are embracing new ways of self-clearing and taking greater control of their margining because they have achieved “huge financial firepower, influence, and resources,” and need to fill a vacancy caused by capital-constrained, heavily regulated banks and other sell-side firms. This is according to a… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Exchanges, Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Back Office, Buy-Side, Clearing, Data Management, Hedge Fund Operations, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Outsourcing, Digital Transformation, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Compliance Tagged With: automation, back office, clearing and reporting, derivatives clearing organizations, fixed income commodities and currencies (FICC), Futures Clearing Merchants (FCMs), proprietary trading, settlement, Standards, wall street

WFE Urges Caution as Exchanges Mull Longer Trading Hours

September 17, 2025 by Eugene Grygo

WFE Urges Caution as Exchanges Mull Longer Trading Hours

Exchanges across the globe are mulling moves to extended equity market hours, but the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) is airing a note or two of caution about the trade-offs and challenges of lengthening market hours for trading. The WFE is also arguing that round-the-clock trading is not inevitable. The WFE concerns are hitting as… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Back Office, Buy-Side, Clearing, Data Management, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, Opinion, Minding the Gap, Performance Analytics, Performance Attribution, AML/Fraud/Financial Crime, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Enforcement, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News Tagged With: 24-Hour trading, automation, back office, compliance, Intercontinental Exchange Inc., Nasdaq Stock Market, NYSE ARCA, settlement, wall street

Ops Teams Work Smarter via Clear Data & Insights

September 10, 2025 by Eugene Grygo

Ops Teams Work Smarter via Clear Data & Insights

(Reconciliation and exception management, net asset value oversight, compliance checks,  fee billing, and settlement all rely on data that has been properly captured, validated, and distributed — sometimes from thousands of sources. In an FTF News Q&A, Jenn McMackin, global director, data and managed services at Gresham, takes on these issues and discusses the provider’s… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, IBOR, Back Office, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Digital Transformation, Back-Office, Integration, Standards, Opinion, Q&As Tagged With: automation, back office, clearing, data mangement, data reconciliation, enterprise data, Securities Operations, settlement, Standards, wall street

Japanese Firm & Chainlink Target Digital Assets

September 3, 2025 by FTF News

Japanese Firm & Chainlink Target Digital Assets

A $200 billion Japanese financial services firm, SBI Group, has entered into a “strategic collaboration” with decentralized blockchain oracle network Chainlink to push the growth of interoperable blockchains and digital assets in capital markets, officials say. A recent survey by SBI Digital Asset Holdings, SBI’s digital asset arm, found that among 50 financial firms, 76… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Buy-Side, Data Management, FX Operations, Hedge Fund Operations, Digital Asset Custody, Digital Transformation, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Integration, Standards Tagged With: automation, back office, blockchains, crypto-asset exchange, crypto-assets firm, Digital Assets, Securities Operations, settlement, Standards

‘Suboptimal Ops’ Will Fail via T+1 in U.K. & E.U.

August 13, 2025 by Faye Kilburn

‘Suboptimal Ops’ Will Fail via T+1 in U.K. & E.U.

(John Bevil, a senior product manager at data automation platform provider Xceptor, recently took questions from FTF News about a key European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) report on the E.U.’s transition to T+1 settlement and some of the lessons learned from the U.S. adoption. Bevil says that he has watched the financial services industry’s… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, Back Office, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, FX Operations, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Sell-Side, Settlement, T+1 Settlement, Opinion, Q&As, Regulation & Compliance, Industry News Tagged With: automation, back office, compliance, data management, SEC, Securities Operations, settlement, Standards, T+! transition, T+1 settlement

Franklin Templeton Taps BNY for ETF Servicing

July 30, 2025 by FTF News

Franklin Templeton Taps BNY for ETF Servicing

Global asset manager Franklin Templeton has appointed custody giant the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BNY) to provide “a full suite of asset servicing and foreign exchange capabilities” for U.S.-listed, exchange-traded fund (ETF) offerings, officials say. “Franklin Templeton is expanding its long-standing relationship with BNY to leverage additional services for one of its fastest-growing… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, Back Office, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, FX Operations, Hedge Fund Operations, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Outsourcing, Performance Analytics, Performance Attribution, Portfolio Management Tagged With: asset servicing, automation, back office, digital asset services, exchange traded funds (ETFs), Securities Operations, settlement, Standards, wall street

CME Adds FTSE CoreCommodity CRB Index Futures

July 30, 2025 by FTF News

CME Adds FTSE CoreCommodity CRB Index Futures

Derivatives marketplace company CME Group has expanded its presence in the global commodities market with the planned addition of FTSE CoreCommodity CRB Index futures, pending regulatory approval. The FTSE CoreCommodity CRB Index tracks a diversified basket of 19 commodities — including energy, agriculture, precious metals, and industrial metals. Officials say the new offering is designed… Read More >>

Filed Under: Commodities Trading Operations, Derivatives Exchanges, Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Performance Analytics, Performance Attribution, Derivatives, Industry News Tagged With: automation, back office, benchmarks, CME Group, futures contracts, index futures, OTC derivatives, settlement

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

FTF Reveals Winners of the 14th Annual Awards Program

June 4, 2025 by FTF News

FTF Reveals Winners of the 14th Annual Awards Program

Financial Technologies Forum (FTF) has revealed the winners of the 2025 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards program, and cutting-edge and mainstream achievements are the common themes among the winners. The FTF Awards program — now in its 14th year — honors providers, organizations, and individuals who made significant contributions to the profession of securities operations… Read More >>

Filed Under: Disaster and Business Continuity, Derivatives Exchanges, Derivatives Operations, Collateral & Margin Management, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Back Office, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, FX Operations, Hedge Fund Operations, Private Equity, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Private Markets, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Risk Management, Sell-Side, Settlement, General Interest, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Asset Custody, Digital Transformation, FinTech Startups, FinTech Trends, Back-Office, Blockchain/DLT, Integration, Standards, ESG Data & Investing, Performance Analytics, Performance Attribution, Performance Measurement, Portfolio Management, KYC, AML/Fraud/Financial Crime, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Enforcement, Cybersecurity, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Economic Sanctions, FTF Awards Tagged With: automation, back office, blockchain, collateral management, compliance, data management, FTF News, OTC derivatives, regulatory reporting, Securities Operations, settlement, Standards, SWIFT, wall street

Citi & SDX to Tokenize Private Market Shares

May 14, 2025 by Eugene Grygo

Citi & SDX to Tokenize Private Market Shares

Citi is collaborating with SDX Group AG (SDX), the digital assets exchange from SIX, so that the global bank can transform a paper-based system into a tokenized one that settles and secures private shares via SDX’s digital Central Securities Depositary (CSD) platform. The new solution will also deliver “late-stage pre-IPO equities to institutional and eligible… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Back Office, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Private Markets, Risk Management, Settlement, T+1 Settlement, Governance, Digital Asset Custody, FinTech Trends, Blockchain/DLT Tagged With: automation, back office, blockchains, data management, distributed ledger, DLT initiatives, DLT platform, operational risk, settlement, Standards

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