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DTCC Quantifies the Capital Case for Tokenised Collateral as AppChain Nears Q4 Launch
DTCC’s new research paper on tokenised collateral, published this week with consultancy Finadium, arrives as the business-case companion to a product rollout already well under way. A day earlier, DTCC confirmed that Chainlink’s Runtime Environment would provide the data and orchestration layer for its forthcoming Collateral AppChain. The paper now supplies the balance-sheet case institutions…
DTCC to Integrate Chainlink Technology into Digitally Native Collateral AppChain
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has announced it will leverage the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) and Chainlink’s data standards to power its new Collateral AppChain platform. This shared infrastructure is designed to modernise collateral mobility and improve capital efficiency across the global financial services industry. By integrating the CRE, the platform will gain…
LSEG Expands Access to Open Risk Analytics via Models-as-a-Service Marketplace
LSEG has integrated its Open Risk Analytics offering into its Models-as-a-Service (MaaS) marketplace, broadening access to quantitative risk models for financial institutions. Delivered through the LSEG Analytics API, the hosted service allows banks, hedge funds, and asset managers to incorporate risk calculations into their existing workflows via tools such as Visual Studio Code and JupyterLab….
ARMs Get Their Own Trade Body as Transaction Data Takes Over MiFIR Transparency
A structural shift in how ESMA calibrates the MiFIR transparency regime has handed Approved Reporting Mechanisms (ARMs) a more central role in market data infrastructure than they have held since MiFID II went live in 2018. Under the simplification programme tied to the MiFIR Review, ESMA has discontinued the dedicated reporting flows on which transparency…
OSTTRA’s HUB Deal Signals Sharper Buy-Side Push Under KKR Ownership
Post-trade solutions provider OSTTRA has acquired HUB, a SaaS provider of AI-enabled investment operations technology, in a deal that brings HUB’s platform for NAV oversight, performance reporting, trade lifecycle management and investment data into the OSTTRA network. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition is the first by OSTTRA since KKR completed its $3.1 billion buyout…
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…
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…
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…
Financial Markets Need Their Own Mission Control
By Diederik Geeraerts, CEO at Taskize, a Euroclear company. With the Artemis II astronauts back down to Earth after travelling a quarter of a million miles to the Moon and back, the mission stands as a reminder of what success in complex systems really depends on. Not perfection, but the assumption that things can go…
STP Investment Services and CAPIS Partner to Launch Integrated Trading and Operations Model
STP Investment Services and CAPIS have announced a strategic partnership to provide a coordinated outsourced model for buy-side firms. This collaboration integrates CAPIS’ institutional trade execution with STP’s technology-enabled investment operations. The solution is designed to bridge the traditional gap between front-office trading and middle-office support, allowing investment managers to scale their businesses without the…