SWIFT

Interbolsa Takes Swift VAN for T2S

Portugal's central securities depository (CSD) operator, Interbolsa, has signed on for Swift's value added network (VAN), a key aspect of connectivity to the Target2-Securities (T2S) platform

Taking Responsibility for Entity Identification

With the go-live date for the legal entity identifier system still far off, a growing number of pre-local operating units are set to begin issuing entity identifiers. Nicholas Hamilton finds out why they have taken on the task, what challenges they face…

ISITC Groups Drafting MBS, Portfolio Value Guidelines

ISITC working groups plan to collaborate with Sifma to meet a June deadline on mortgage-backed securities margin requirements, and to revisit total portfolio value standards. ISITC as a whole will continue work begun last year on the legal entity…

DTCC to Issue Further CICI Guidance for Funds

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation will provide further clarification to the funds industry on using its utility to register for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's interim legal entity identifiers

Getting Some Actions

Corporate actions processing professionals have been waiting to see their tasks streamlined. Michael Shashoua reports on who's making progress and who's been slowed by obstacles

Nothing Less Than the Best

Francis Gross, vice chairman of the legal entity identifier Implementation Group, discusses strategies for avoiding standards duplication of the standard and tells Nicholas Hamilton they're determined the identifier will fulfill its potential

Link Up Markets Taps Swift for T2S

Link Up Markets, a consortium of 11 European central securities depositories (CSDs), will connect to Target2-Securities (T2S) via Swift’s financial messaging network, once the new pan-European settlement infrastructure is launched in 2015.

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