DTCC and SSImple Collaborate to Automate Standing Settlement Instructions

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has partnered with SSImple to streamline the submission of Standing Settlement Instructions (SSIs) into the ALERT database. By integrating SSImple’s SSI Comply product with ALERT, custodians can now automate the delivery of validated and accurate SSI data. This move aligns with the Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) Core Principle 1, which advocates for SSI automation to mitigate settlement risks.

The collaboration aims to eliminate manual data workarounds, which are a primary cause of trade failures. SSImple’s solution acts as a central, validated source for custodians, ensuring that information is clean and complete before it reaches the global ALERT database. This standardisation is particularly vital as the industry prepares for the transition to a T+1 settlement cycle in Europe, where compressed timeframes demand higher operational precision.

By automating these flows by the end of 2026, the partnership seeks to create a more resilient post-trade infrastructure. This scalable foundation reduces the likelihood of errors and provides market participants with the necessary tools to navigate tightening regulatory requirements and shorter settlement windows with increased confidence.

Validus Risk Management Integrates Real-Time Liquidity-at-Risk Analytics into TradeView

Validus Risk Management has announced the integration of Liquidity-at-Risk (LaR) analytics into TradeView, a core component of its Horizon platform. This update provides private fund managers with real-time visibility into potential liquidity requirements, enhancing the firm’s existing technology suite. While LaR analytics were previously available on an end-of-day basis via the RiskView module, this integration brings live-feed pricing and up-to-date insights directly into the trading workflow.

The enhancement allows fund managers to assess worst-case liquidity scenarios and the impact of specific hedging transactions closer to the point of execution. By accessing these insights in real time, clients can better evaluate counterparty options and optimise trade execution to ensure they meet capital requirements during market stress. These LaR values are frequently used by managers in investor presentations to demonstrate robust risk management and fund stability.

The new functionality is powered by Validus’ proprietary quantitative engine, which has been developed in-house over the last decade. By using a single underlying framework for scenario analysis, pricing, and liquidity assessments, the platform ensures technical consistency across advisory, trading, and financing operations. This streamlined approach provides private capital firms with a more accurate and integrated method for managing complex financial risks.

Taskize and TCS Integrate Exception Management Into TCS BaNCS Platform

Taskize, the Euroclear-owned investment operations collaboration platform, has partnered with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to embed its collaboration and exception management functionality into the TCS BaNCS platform. This integration allows financial services users to raise, resolve, and track queries related to the trade lifecycle – such as corporate actions and settlement breaks – without leaving their core processing environment. By eliminating the need to switch between disparate interfaces and legacy communication tools, the partnership aims to improve operational efficiency for global custodian banks.

The integration automatically captures and includes contextual data, including ISINs and transaction amounts, within Taskize’s secure and auditable communication channels. Following successful joint proofs of concept, the live system is designed to reduce manual intervention and enhance real-time collaboration between counterparties. Ultimately, this streamlined workflow minimises the risk of data inaccuracies and ensures a more seamless exchange of information across the investment operations landscape.

BNY Goes Live on CLS’s Automated Bilateral Payment Netting Service

CLS, the global financial market infrastructure group, has announced that BNY is the latest financial institution to go live on CLSNet, the automated bilateral payment netting calculation service designed to standardise and automate post-trade processes for over 120 currencies. BNY will utilise the platform to improve liquidity optimisation and operational efficiencies, specifically focusing on currency flows outside of the primary CLSSettlement service, such as emerging market currencies and same-day trades.

The adoption of CLSNet has seen consistent growth, with the platform recording an average daily netted value of USD 177 billion over the last 12 months – a 9% increase compared to the previous year. BNY joins a growing community that includes the world’s top 12 global banks, alongside various regional banks, funds, and corporates. By centralising the netting calculation process, the service significantly reduces the volume of payments exposed to settlement risk.

The move comes at a time of increased regulatory focus on FX settlement risk, particularly as trading volumes rise in developing economy currencies. By integrating CLSNet, participants can better align with the FX Global Code’s best practices, specifically Principle 35. The service provides a scalable solution for market participants to mitigate risk through automated post-trade matching, ensuring more robust and transparent settlement workflows across the global FX ecosystem.

NetApp Updates Google Cloud Capabilities

Data infrastructure specialist NetApp has released updates to its collaboration with Google Cloud, providing tools designed to assist customers in using enterprise data for artificial intelligence workloads.

These innovations include the general availability of NetApp Data Migrator and the Google Cloud NetApp Volumes Flex unified service level.

The updates allow for the management of file and block workloads within a single storage pool across all Google regions.

“With these updates, NetApp and Google have removed a major source of cost, delay and complexity in AI adoption,” said Pravjit Tiwana, senior vice president and general manager of cloud storage and services at NetApp.

ISS STOXX Brings Governance Scores into Corporate Rating Offering

ISS STOXX has integrated Governance QualityScore data into its Corporate Rating system, combining sustainability signals with governance analytics to assist investors in screening and portfolio allocation.

The system converts decile scores from the Governance QualityScore into a twelve-point scale ranging from A+ to D-.

Users can access the updated ratings through an analytics dashboard, application programming interfaces, or file transfer protocols.

“Our newly enhanced Corporate Rating combines trusted methodologies and transforms fragmented sustainability, governance and financial risk data into robust insights,” said Till Jung, head of the sustainability business for ISS STOXX. “The Corporate Rating supports investors across a wide range of use cases – from managing risks and meeting evolving regulatory requirements, to building high-performing, sustainable portfolios and delivering transparent reporting and stakeholder communications.”

ExtractAlpha Relaunches AlphaClub Research Workspace with Expanded Signal Coverage

ExtractAlpha has relaunched AlphaClub, its research workspace for investment professionals evaluating the firm’s quantitative stock selection signals and alternative datasets. The update introduces a redesigned interface, broader international coverage, and a workflow-oriented structure aimed at making signal discovery and evaluation more efficient.

The platform is positioned as an environment where hedge fund analysts, portfolio managers, quant teams, and research professionals can explore ExtractAlpha’s offerings, examine how individual signals are constructed, and assess where they might fit within an existing investment process. Updates include faster navigation, cleaner layouts, longer signal histories, and expanded global context across the firm’s datasets.

“AlphaClub is not a data terminal,” says Vinesh Jha, CEO at ExtractAlpha. “It’s a practical research workspace that helps investors understand what our signals are, how they behave, and where they may add value.” This framing is a notable positioning point in a market where evaluation tooling for alternative data signals has tended to lag the sophistication of the signals themselves.

AlphaClub is available via free membership for qualified investment professionals.

73 Strings Unifies Data Operating System for Private Markets Participants

Private markets valuation and portfolio intelligence platform 73 Strings has launched a unified global operating model, which the company said “brings together the platform, people, and clients into one ecosystem”.

This transition aligns global teams to support clients across private equity, private credit, venture capital and infrastructure, it said.

“Private markets are entering a new era, defined by data, AI and the need to operate at scale,” said Yann Magnan, chief executive and co-founder of 73 Strings. “Our global operating model… allows us to innovate faster and help our clients stay ahead, while maintaining the rigour and trust that underpin investment decisions.”

The firm has appointed Jazmin Hogan as global head of client operations to lead the client organisation from New York. Hogan previously held leadership roles at Apollo Global Management, Blackstone and Kohlberg & Company.

73 Strings’ integrated platform combines valuation, portfolio monitoring and data extraction to replace fragmented spreadsheet-based processes.

SGX FX and Rand Merchant Bank Partner to Enhance African Currency Liquidity

SGX FX and Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) have launched a strategic partnership to improve global access to African currency markets. By integrating RMB’s liquidity engine into SGX FX’s global infrastructure, the collaboration aims to meet the rising international demand for electronic trading in emerging markets. This move strengthens SGX FX’s presence across the continent and provides a more robust bridge between regional African markets and the global financial community.

The integration allows international market participants to access streamlined pricing and execution for a broad range of African currencies. These services are available on both a deliverable and non-deliverable basis, catering to the specific needs of the buy-side. By combining RMB’s local expertise and longstanding FX experience with SGX FX’s extensive global network, the partnership seeks to foster deeper liquidity and more efficient market access.

This collaboration reflects a shared commitment to developing Africa’s evolving FX landscape. By reducing barriers to entry and enhancing distribution, the two institutions aim to encourage stronger participation from global investors. The partnership marks a significant step in the digitisation of African currency trading, ensuring that market participants can execute transactions with greater transparency and speed within a regulated framework.

BMLL Integrates SpiderRock Options Analytics into Data Lab Environment

BMLL has expanded its cross-asset research capabilities by making SpiderRock’s Options Print Set data available through the BMLL Data Lab. This integration allows institutional clients to analyse the relationship between options markets and underlying cash equity behaviour within a single, unified framework. By combining SpiderRock’s print-level analytics with BMLL’s historical data, users can better evaluate how dealer positioning and hedging flows influence intraday price formation.

The partnership provides access to SpiderRock’s implied volatility and Greeks data alongside BMLL’s existing datasets for equities, futures, and options. This data suite is designed to support quantitative research and strategy development, offering insights into how options hedging affects spot liquidity and market microstructure. The collaboration aims to help market participants understand the dependencies between different asset classes to improve trading and market intelligence.

The addition of SpiderRock data aligns with BMLL’s broader strategy of consolidating high-value partner datasets with its own historical analytics. This move is intended to streamline the research process for clients, enabling them to gain a more comprehensive view of market interdependencies and risk.