Wei-Shen Wong, Asia editor, and Anthony Malakian, editor-in-chief of WatersTechnology, record a weekly podcast touching on the biggest stories in financial technology.

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This week, Javier Hernani, head of securities services at SIX, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast. They discuss the key takeaways from shortening the settlement cycles in the US, Canada, and Mexico, and the landscape for what needs to happen for Europe, UK, and Switzerland’s own move to T+1.

7:30 – Javier gives an overview of his role and dislike of the term “post-trade”

12:30 – The key takeaways from North America’s move to T+1

16:30 – What was the total investment in moving to T+1

21:00 – An opportunity to improve

23:00 – Lessons the EU, UK, and Swiss markets can apply

33:30 – The number of CSDs does not make it more complicated

35:30 – Why harmonizing EU’s securities services matters

40:30 – Balancing efforts for T+1 and DORA

Contact Info: 

As is the case with everything we do, we’d love to get some feedback from our listeners.

Wei-Shen Wong: + 852 3411 4758;  wei-shen.wong@infopro-digital.com

Anthony Malakian: + 1 646 490 3973; anthony.malakian@infopro-digital.com

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Episode 292: Fencore's James Crosby

Episode 293: Reference Data Drama

Episode 294: Grasshopper’s James Leong

Episode 295: Vision57’s Steve Grob

Episode 296: Questions about data quality

Episode 297: How to talk to the media

Episode 298: GenAI in market data, and everything reference data

Episode 299: ACA Group’s Carlo di Florio

Episode 300: Reflecting on humble beginnings