Corporate actions
2018 to be the ‘Year of Implementation’ for Blockchain
Consortia and bank experts say that the technology is ready to move from theory and pilot projects into full production environments next year.
BNP Paribas Pursues 40 Act Acquisition, Readies Live Blockchain Implementation
The French bank looks to make a "big" acquisition, and will go live with an internal blockchain for corporate actions within "weeks."
Information Mosaic Targets Investment Banking Corporate Actions Challenges
IHS Markit-owned vendor rolls out corporate actions system to banking sector to combat legacy systems.
SmartStream Corporate Actions Video Series Part I: An Industry Overview
Victor Anderson and Adam Cottingham discuss the business case for developing and implementing technologies to support corporate actions processes.
Best Corporate Actions Data Provider: SIX Financial Information
IRD/IMD Awards 2017
Best Corporate Actions Initiative (Vendor): DTCC
IRD/IMD Awards 2017
SIX Launches Tax Compliance Data Service for CRS/AEoI
Officials say SIX's solution will ease firms' compliance burden and provide a single source of audit-ready tax data.
EDI, Investment Tools Launch Dividend Forecast Service
EDI officials say the company had been looking at creating a dividend forecasting service for some time before partnering with Investment Tools.
Loomis Sayles Deploys T-Scape's iActs for Corporate Actions
The rollout builds on a previous engagement for T-Scape to improve the functionality of Loomis Sayles' existing solution several years ago.
Russian Depository Completes First Automated Corporate Actions
No technical failures during share- and bondholder meetings run with newly instated technology
Legal Framework for Russian Reform Takes Effect
Big changes in automation for corporate actions processes
Russian Depository Tests Blockchain for Voting
Open-source project built to assess automation in corporate actions processing
Corporate Actions: Only the Strong Survive
Spending by market participants in this area will increase over the next five years, says new report
Russian Depository Looking Forward to More Reform in 2016
Country's largest settlements depository has contributed to policy
Reference Data Integrated Into BME Data Feed
Exchange's market data service now includes corporate actions alerts
Singapore Exchange Advances Data Projects
Market data and connectivity executive describes corporate actions processing changes, efforts to support trading operations
Eagle Adds Fidelity Corporate Actions Platform
Fidelity ActionsXchange workflow service is distributed through Eagle Investment Systems' accounting platform
Monex Picks Markit for Corporate Actions Data
Japanese securities company to use corporate actions service
Contending With Complexity
IRD speaks to John Kirkpatrick, managing director of custody operations at Citi
Boost for Russian Corporate Actions Reform
Legal framework to make corporate actions processing more efficient and centralized approved
Firms Seek More Methods To Solve Corporate Actions Discrepancies
Increasing varieties and characteristics create more instances to be addressed, exposing firms' needs
DTCC Takes First Step on Centralized Data Provisioning
New service launches with corporate actions announcements enhancements