Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management has become a client of the Institutional Trade Processing (ITP) suite of services from the DTCC to fully automate its post-trade processing and for same day affirmation (SDA) for cross-border transactions within Asia-Pacific, officials say. This move is in line with the industry push to accelerate trade processing as North… Read More >>
Numerix Overhauls PolyPaths Product Suite
Numerix has made “significant enhancements across the PolyPaths product suite,” including new reporting and client-centric capabilities that represent the next chapter for PolyPaths, known for helping firms make the transition away from the discredited London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). “This update represents a pivotal shift in our approach. Given the prolonged prevalence of LIBOR as… Read More >>
The SEC Is Charging More to Regulate You
As the SEC very publicly takes on major matters such as its climate disclosure requirements — the fate of which is playing out in court and in Congress — the regulator has quietly moved ahead with an increase in the rate that securities exchanges and broker-dealers pay to be regulated by the commission. “Starting on… Read More >>
CLS Will Not Adjust FX Settlement for T+1
Players in the foreign exchange (FX) industry are being forced back to the drawing board when it comes to settling currency transactions on a T+1 basis after CLS Group, a key player in FX settlement, announced last week that it will refrain from making operational modifications to its CLSSettlement multi-currency settlement system. Back in February,… Read More >>
EquiLend’s Securities Lending Data Available via Bloomberg Portal
EquiLend, a data and analytics provider for the securities finance industry, has launched a securities lending data service, dubbed Orbisa, and it has been made available via the Bloomberg App Portal, officials says. Operated by EquiLend, Orbisa “has a dataset comprising $32 trillion of global lendable equity and fixed income securities. Bloomberg Terminal users can… Read More >>
Five Arrows to Acquire Rimes from EQT
Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co., is slated to acquire enterprise data management (EDM) provider Rimes via an agreement that allows private equity firm EQT, together with its shareholders, to sell Rimes to Five Arrows, officials say. In February 2020, EQT invested in Rimes as a way to help Rimes “expand… Read More >>
Clearstream Joins ECB’s DLT-for-Settlement Trials
Clearstream, the post-trade business unit of Deutsche Börse Group, has joined the distributed-ledger technology (DLT) trials and experiments of the European Central Bank (ECB), which is exploring DLT’s potential for wholesale central bank money settlement, given the emergence of a digital Euro. “The ECB trials will be conducted in a productive environment, using real central… Read More >>
France Active Scraps Spreadsheets & Manual Ops via Clearwater
French venture capital firm France Active has moved away from spreadsheets and manual processes and will automate its investment accounting operations as well as centralize its accounting book of record via a Clearwater Analytics platform. Based in Montreuil, France, France Active, founded in 1988, is a nonprofit that invests in “socially committed” French companies such… Read More >>
DSB Wants Your Feedback on OTC Derivative Identifiers
Issues around the unique product identifier (UPI) and UPI regulatory reporting will likely be top of mind for derivatives industry participants who respond to the Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB)’s 2024 industry consultation. The industry outreach will also encourage feedback about the OTC International Securities Identification Number (ISIN), and classification financial instrument (CFI) service provisions. The… Read More >>
Perennial Partners Taps SS&C for Transfer Agency Services
Perennial Partners will be deploying a transfer agency and investor servicing system, the Global Investor and Distribution Solutions (GIDS) from SS&C Technologies, to streamline unit registry/call center services across its financial product lines, according to the Australian asset manager. “SS&C’s Managed Fund Administration unit will provide a full range of services to Perennial’s investors across… Read More >>
