Fragmented clearing for the U.S. Treasury market is on the minds of those at the DTCC, the industry’s major post-trade services and infrastructure provider, and they have released a white paper that they hope will spark a discussion about this contentious issue. There is even a suggestion that there might be a need for a… Read More >>
Duco & Murex Announce Collaboration
Murex & Duco to Offer End-To-End Recs Solution Duco, a provider of self-service reconciliation services, and Murex, a provider of trading, risk and processing processes for treasury and capital markets, report that they will jointly provide clients with a “comprehensive data reconciliation solution enabling improved automation and straight through processing across a range of asset… Read More >>
Vanguard Applies Blockchain to Index Data Sharing Woes
Giant money manager Vanguard is using blockchain/distributed ledger technology (DLT) to minimize the risk and data mismatches that can sometimes complicate index data sharing processes. Vanguard is not working alone but via partnerships with the Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), a provider of historical databases, and vendor Symbiont, maker of smart contracts based… Read More >>