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The move to T+1: This time is different
This whitepaper, created by Broadridge, focuses on leveraging robotic process automation and AI to ensure a smooth transition from T+2 to T+1 settlement.
Tick History – Query: Looking back to the future
The advantages of cloud-based services is well documented, from reduced upfront and ongoing operating and infrastructure costs to improved time-to-market for new services and datasets. Here, Tim Anderson, LSEG explains how the benefits of the service…
One day, all data will be delivered this way
It wasn’t long ago that, for large numbers of capital markets firms, the de facto data consumption model was DIY, or a do-it-yourself proposition, due to the scarcity of relevant managed data services on the market. Now, firms on both sides of the…
Navigating the adoption of generative AI
This whitepaper, created by Xoriant, focuses on generative artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential to transform the way financial services firms operate, make business decisions and innovate.
T+1: Complacency before the storm?
This paper, created by WatersTechnology in association with Gresham Technologies, outlines what the move to T+1 (next-day settlement) of broker/dealer-executed trades in the US and Canadian markets means for buy-side and sell-side firms
Shining a light on fixed income
Traditionally, fixed income as an asset class has presented market participants with several challenges due to the over-the-counter (OTC) model by which the bulk of securities are traded. Observable market data, especially for infrequently or thinly…
LSEG’s PermIDs: Converting needs into opportunity
LSEG's PermID framework was conceived as a proprietary tool to address an internal challenge around identifying objects in the firm’s information model. Once it had proved its worth, it was rolled out to the firm’s clients to significant success.
The power of data and analytics in driving sustainability initiatives
The challenges with current data approaches are data availability, reliability and transparency. It is, therefore, crucial to use data platforms and data mesh to enhance the process of obtaining accurate information, both for sustainability reporting and…
Technology trends in capital markets: Transforming the sell-side FX front office
The capital markets landscape is witnessing a technological revolution – a wave transforming the sell-side FX front office. Firms such as smartTrade Technologies are at the forefront of this transformation, leveraging technologies such as artificial…
Increasing securities settlement successes with unique transaction identifiers
Major improvements have been made to the securities services operating model over the past decade, but inefficiencies in trade settlement processes remain, leading to thinning margins and longer settlement cycles. Key to addressing these challenges is…
Crypto: Too important to ignore
This WatersTechnology Rapid read survey report examines the crypto finance priorities of institutional investors, how far along they are on their crypto journeys, the challenges in entering and participating in this market, and what they value most when…
Banks, asset managers look to vendors for T+1 support
This whitepaper, created by WatersTechnology in association with SmartStream, focuses on the upcoming move in the US to T+1 (next-day settlement) of broker-dealer-executed trades.
Fenics Market Data’s secret source
The ability of capital markets practitioners to make judicious business and investment decisions is directly determined by the quality of data underpinning those decisions. Fenics Market Data’s Rich Winter discusses the benefits of sourcing data from…
US Libor cessation: DTCC helps fill the void
In the run-up to the transition from Libor to an alternative reference rate at the beginning of July this year, DTCC’s Ann Marie Bria looks at the various permutations impacting market participants and the role DTCC is playing in helping firms navigate…
Automating collateral management processes crucial for T+1 move
The reduction of settlement times from T+2 to T+1 for many US securities is likely to impact firms’ collateral management processes when it comes into force at the end of May 2024.
T+1: Cash and liquidity management functions impacted
The reduction of settlement times from T+2 to T+1 for many US securities, set to come into force at the end of May 2024, is likely to impact a number of business processes across the sell side. Nadeem Shamim, head of cash and liquidity management at…
Data management: Light at the end of the tunnel?
Data management issues have always presented challenges for the financial services industry. Here, DTCC explores why, with the right technologies, disciplines and structures in place, there is now reason for optimism.
Regulatory reporting: Firms seek flexibility, automation and the cloud
This report, created by WatersTechnology in association with Regnology, focuses on the state of play across the industry with regard to regulatory reporting.
Build versus buy: How to evaluate your software
For as long as the investment management industry has used software, there has been a debate about whether asset managers should build or buy their tools. Jonas Svallin, global head of quantitative research and product development at FactSet, argues that…
DTCC’s GTR: At the forefront of the evolution of the derivatives industry
DTCC explores the importance of effective user acceptance testing environments to the successful navigation of regulatory rewrites and an evolving regulatory landscape
Buy-side compliance: Firms seek customizability and automation
This survey sheds light on the types of systems already in place at buy-side firms, the efficacy of those systems and their compliance-related challenges—the most acute being the need to improve automation levels and the desire for system customizability…
Transforming post-trade operations
This special report by Broadridge and WatersTechnology has collated powerful insights and viewpoints from industry and editorial experts on the status of this transformative mission and the challenges still presented.
Post-trade tech and the back/front office
Vijay Mayadas, president, capital markets at Broadridge, discusses the biggest challenges in the back office and how post-trade technology is transforming the relationship between the front and back office.
Why post-trade still needs more attention
After years of neglect, back-office processes are beginning to garner the attention they deserve. However, the post-trade technology landscape remains fragmented and opportunities are being left uncaptured. By Vijay Mayadas, president, capital markets at…