Asset management giant BlackRock and Adroit Trading Technologies have launched a partnership that will help clients of BlackRock’s Aladdin platform access the multi-asset execution management offerings of Adroit, officials say. “This partnership allows mutual clients to access Adroit’s execution management capabilities from the Aladdin platform, helping streamline the trading experience and improve operational efficiency,” according… Read More >>
Corporate Actions Processing Is Ready for an Overhaul
(Corporate actions processing has many moving parts activated by market-related moves by public companies that can potentially impact securities, investors’ decisions, and stakeholders. The key steps of the corporate actions process include capture, validation, entitlement calculation, and asset or cash distribution, which has historically been a maze of automated and manual steps. However, the onset… Read More >>
SEC’s Proposed Crypto Rules Include Hot-Button Exemptions
In a bid to create “clear and fit for purpose rules,” the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is proposing a framework, titled “Regulation Crypto Assets,” that will harbor some exemptions from federal securities laws for key investment contracts involving crypto assets. The proposal follows the SEC’s March 2026 interpretation “clarifying how the federal securities laws… Read More >>
Broadridge Hits $365 Billion in Daily Repos in July
Securities operations services and systems provider Broadridge Financial Solutions reports that its Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) has processed “an average of $365 billion in daily repo transactions during July, with volumes totaling $8.0 trillion,” a 28 percent increase year-over-year, officials say. The daily average reflects “the continued evolution of tokenized market infrastructure and the expanding… Read More >>
Nasdaq to Acquire ‘LeveL Markets’
Nasdaq has signed a definitive agreement to acquire “all the equity interests of LeveL Markets, LLC,” and will be investing in the off-exchange equity execution venue, officials say. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The “institutionally connected execution platform” LeveL processes “hundreds of millions of shares daily and reaches more than 2,500 buy-side… Read More >>
SIFMA Documents Target Firms Moving to U.S. Treasury Clearing
The SIFMA trade association and its Asset Management Group (AMG) have published the “2026 SIFMA Master Treasury Securities Clearing Agreement: Done-Away” and the schedule to the agreement to help industry participants moving to clearing in the Treasury market meet the clearing documentation needs, officials say. “Done-away Treasury clearing refers to the process in which trades… Read More >>
SEC Explores Direct Control of the CAT System
The Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) may have a new life under the direct management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins reveals in his Aug. 10 letter to Robert Walley, chair of the CAT NMS Plan Operating Committee, that many in the securities industry want the SEC to directly control… Read More >>
SEC Special Unit To Take On Accounting Fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is launching a “specialized unit” within its Division of Enforcement that will “pursue accounting and financial reporting fraud cases” and general misconduct in accounting and auditing among firms governed by the regulator. “The Financial Reporting and Accounting Unit will work in close collaboration with staff across all relevant SEC… Read More >>
CME Group & Silicon Data to Launch Compute Futures
Derivatives exchanges company CME Group and GPU market intelligence and benchmarking provider Silicon Data will launch two compute futures contracts on Oct. 5, 2026, pending regulatory review, officials say. “Explosive demand has driven sharp swings in compute prices, with volatility exposing a gap in the risk-management toolkit for companies building the A.I. infrastructure. CME Group… Read More >>
ANNA Service Bureau Incorporates Digital Token Identifiers
The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA), a global organization that supports International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) benchmarks, has taken what it calls a logical next step by incorporating Digital Token Identifiers (DTIs) into the ANNA Service Bureau (ASB), making it easier for securities firms to incorporate DTIs into data and operational processes, officials say…. Read More >>
