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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

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

Calero Automates the Management of LSEG Entitlements

June 25, 2025 by FTF News

Calero Automates the Management of LSEG Entitlements

Automation has come to the management of the London Stock Exchange Group’s Refinitiv Data Platform (Hosted) via a new application programming interface (API) link and eBonding capabilities from Calero, a solutions provider for managing the cost and compliance of market data, officials say. The Calero support is intended to help heads of market data and… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Back Office, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Operational Risk, Digital Transformation, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting Tagged With: automation, back office, compliance, data management, market data management, market data solutions, Securities Operations, Standards, wall street

SEC & CFTC Extend Form PF Amendments Deadline Again

June 20, 2025 by Eugene Grygo

SEC & CFTC Extend Form PF Amendments Deadline Again

Ops and compliance teams are likely breathing a sigh of relief after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) extended the compliance date for the amendments to Form PF from June 12 to October 1, 2025, in an eleventh-hour move. However, the deadline extension could give SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins… Read More >>

Filed Under: Derivatives Operations, Derivatives Processing, Securities Operations, Back Office, Buy-Side, Hedge Fund Operations, Private Equity, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Private Markets, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Enforcement, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting Tagged With: automation, CFTC, data management, Form PF, SEC, Securities Operations, Standards, wall street

Outdated IT Spurs Staff & Customer Frustrations

June 18, 2025 by Eugene Grygo

Outdated IT Spurs Staff & Customer Frustrations

(Financial services firms need to keep their IT infrastructure current or risk pushback from staff and clients, says Kristin Ferguson, CFE, CAMS, CFI, senior director, enterprise investigations, TIAA- Nuveen, in an FTF News Q&A. At TIAA-Nuveen, Ferguson’s responsibilities include conducting and overseeing targeted, highly sensitive investigations, including but not limited to: embezzlement, bribery/kickbacks, vendor fraud,… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, Back Office, Buy-Side, Data Management, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, Integration, Standards, Opinion, Q&As, AML/Fraud/Financial Crime, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Enforcement, Cybersecurity Tagged With: AML, AML/Fraud/Financial Crime, automation, back office, bribery, compliance, data management, embezzlement, know your customer (KYC), operational risk, Securities Operations, Standards, wall street

24X National Exchange Will Pioneer Longer Trading Hours

June 11, 2025 by Eugene Grygo

24X National Exchange Will Pioneer Longer Trading Hours

The securities industry will take a major step toward nearly round-the-clock trading in September when the company 24 Exchange launches the first stage of the 24X National Exchange on September 29, offering trading of U.S. equities from 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET on weekdays. The new 24X National Exchange will initially serve “the growing demand for overnight… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Back Office, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Private Markets, Sell-Side, Settlement, T+1 Settlement, Back-Office, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Enforcement, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News Tagged With: 24X National Exchange, automation, back office, clearing, compliance, data management, DTCC, Nasdaq, NSCC, Nyse, NYSE ARCA, SEC, Securities Operations, Sifma, trading hours, wall street

Congress Mulls the Fate of the PCAOB

June 11, 2025 by Eugene Grygo

Congress Mulls the Fate of the PCAOB

Securities firms, investors, government officials, and all other capital markets participants rely on the financials that auditors of public companies provide. Yet scandals large and small led to the creation of an auditor of the auditors in 2002, dubbed the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), which was fostered by the U.S. Congress and then-President… Read More >>

Filed Under: Securities Operations, Affirmation, Allocation & Confirmation, Back Office, Buy-Side, Clearing, Corporate Actions, Data Management, Industry News, Middle-Office, Operational Risk, Ops Automation, Reconciliation & Exceptions, Sell-Side, Regulation & Compliance, Regulatory Enforcement, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Industry News Tagged With: compliance, Dodd-Frank, operational risk, PCAOB, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), Sarbanes-Oxley, Securities Operations, Standards, US Securities and Exchange Commission, wall street

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