(Editor’s note: This is the first part of a two-part series on whether in the wake of the repeal of the Glass–Steagall Act of 1932 there are financial institutions that have become “too big to fail” because they have essentially bet too much of the firm’s money on highly risky capital markets. The recent turmoil… Read More >>
SIFMA and FSR Urge Congress to Pass Cybersecurity Bill
Two industry advocacy trade groups, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and the Financial Services Roundtable (FSR), have called on the U.S. Senate to move forward quickly, after August recess, to pass the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA). The bill, also introduced in 2014, has already passed the House. “The bill will allow… Read More >>
T+2 Committee Wants ‘Clear Action’ via the SEC
The goal of shortening the U.S. settlement cycle to T+2 (trade day plus two days) by 2017 should be achievable, representatives of a securities industry T+2 initiative say. But regulators will have to step up to the plate and make the rules changes essential to getting the initiative off the ground. Specifically, that means SEC… Read More >>
Key Groups Push U.S. to Embrace T+2 by Q3 2017
Key industry organizations have issued an official timetable for a shorter, two-day process (T+2) for trade settlement in U.S. markets with the goal of implementation by the end of the third quarter of 2017. The suggested timeline via a whitepaper from the T+2 Industry Steering Committee (T+2 ISC) is intended to put the U.S. in sync with… Read More >>
SIFMA Tech Show in Limbo?
Sometimes interesting things fall into your lap and that’s the case with a bit of news about the future of the SIFMA Tech conference. It appears the future of the venerable technology management show of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association is in a state of flux. I reached out to SIFMA’s public relations… Read More >>
GFI SEF to Support USD MAC Swaps
Interdealer broker GFI Group reports that it has launched US dollar (USD) market agreed coupon (MAC) swaps on its swap execution facility (SEF). Live tradable prices for these contracts are available in a central limit order book (CLOB) on RatesMatch, GFI’s electronic trading platform for interest rates, according to the company, which adds that the… Read More >>
DTCC Unveils T+2 Steering Committee for U.S.
As FTF News recently reported, many market participants are of the opinion that – following the recent shift to a settlement cycle of trade day plus two days (T+2) in Europe – the same shift is inevitable in the US, which operates on a settlement cycle of trade day plus three days (T+3). Now, with… Read More >>
Can the U.S. Catch up to Europe in the T+2 Race?
What if the FIX electronic trading protocol gains ground in Europe as a unifying link for trade affirmations between the front and middle offices as Steve Grob, director of group strategy for the Fidessa Group, the subject of a Q&A for FTF News this week is suggesting? If he’s right, could Europe outpace the U.S…. Read More >>
Buy Side Avoiding SEFs
Buy-side firms have made great strides in the past five years in revamping their over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trading infrastructures and processes even though they are avoiding swap execution facilities (SEFs) as often as they can, says Cynthia Meyn, executive vice president and senior operations manager for bond fund manager PIMCO, who spoke during a panel… Read More >>
T+2 to Expose Buy Side’s Shortcomings
The now-global push to shorten settlement cycles for securities transactions will profoundly challenge the buy side’s lack of investment over the years in automated, back-office infrastructures, particularly at Tier-2 and Tier-3 firms, according to a new report from market research firm Aite Group. In fact, for all firms, the move to settlement two days after… Read More >>
