The proposed law aims to reduce the financial and regulatory burden on central securities depositories and improve their ability to operate across borders, while also strengthening financial stability
The paper, commissioned by the SWIFT Institute, investigates how prepared the industry is for T+1, the progress that has been made so far and what industry opinion is on implementing a shortened settlement cycle
The pilot builds on the existing MiFIR regulation to include tokenised financial instruments. This aims to bring pre- and post-trade transparency and market abuse monitoring to DLT-based securities
Asgeirsson currently serves as managing director of Nasdaq Central Securities Depository in Iceland
These guidelines provide templates for applications to operate any form of DLT market infrastructure under the DLT Pilot Regulation, including a DLT MTF, a DLT settlement system or a DLT trading and settlement system
Based in London, Pike brings more than 24 years of knowledge and experience across the securities and derivatives industry to the role, with a responsibility to seek out new opportunities and drive forward growth of the Taskize network
The comments came from a panel entitled ‘Tackling the root of securities settlement fails’, with participants trying to establish the cause of dropped global settlement efficiency rates
The question of whether there is “life after CSDR'' was left unanswered by panellists at AFME’s inaugural Operations, Post-Trade, Technology & Innovation Conference
Jack McRae speaks to Joseph Latini, chief commercial officer at MUFG Investor Services, about keeping clients happy, cultivating a positive work culture and trusting the process
Whikie Liu, strategy director for capital markets at Swift, considers the impact that North America moving to T+1 will have on markets across the globe and whether the world is ready for the shift
Demand for reliable data to support a front-to-back digital operating model are being superimposed onto longstanding requirements for efficient safekeeping, analytics and trade lifecycle management
Market participants offer their predictions for what should be an eventful year
Ben Pumfrett of RBC Investor & Treasury Services talks to Jenna Lomax about the front office’s increasing demands for data, and how the company is helping to prepare its clients for shortened settlement windows
Barnaby Nelson, CEO of The Value Exchange, sits down with Jenna Lomax to outline a key imbalance in the industry on how legacy technology is managed. As recent research (with IHS Markit and Digital Asset) has shown, it is both a key enabler for so much industry change and a huge challenge for many firms
Derek Coyle of Brown Brothers Harriman discusses the potential impacts that CSDR will have on custody markets and how firms can best prepare themselves for the upcoming regulation
As firms continue to juggle innovation, customer loyalty and deal with the complexity of regulatory change, Broadridge’s Philip Taliaferro discusses regulatory challenges for the year ahead
Brian Bollen takes a look at Nordic asset servicing and its current CSD models following the economic upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic and the more recent Russian invasion of Ukraine
It is no surprise that the COVID-19 pandemic dealt Italy and its economy a hard blow in the first half of 2020. Industry experts explain why 2021 has been a different story and outline what the future holds for the country’s asset servicing
The Spanish custody market has undertaken a number of initiatives to improve harmonisation and efficiency, and now, with plans to eliminate further market-level specificities, the market moves closer to full post-trade harmonisation with other EU markets
Experts say DLT has the potential to open the floor to all kinds of innovations if it can become a regulatory and legally integral part of Germany’s business
