The DTCC, a post-trade services and systems utility provider, reports the launch of its alternative investment products (AIP) service, a new capability within its wealth management services (WMS) business to streamline the processing of internal account transfers for alternative investments. With the AIP service, “market participants can now fully automate account transfers for non-traded real… Read More >>
Guidelines for T+2 Move in U.S. Due in June
The initial results of the industry-wide initiative for adoption of the T+2 (trade day plus two days) settlement cycle in the U.S. will be outlined in a white paper due out in early June rather than this month, confirms a DTCC official. Last fall, the DTCC and other industry groups unveiled the T+2 initiative for… Read More >>
It’s Time for T+2 and FTF Focus Magazine
A very warm spring has come to the New York City area this week and coincidentally we are debuting a new online magazine from FTF News (a printed version is also available). To underscore our new commitment to magazine journalism, we have renamed the publication “FTF Focus,” and for this special edition, we took on… Read More >>
DTCC Integrates Omgeo’s ProtoColl with MTU
Post-trade services utility, the DTCC has announced that the ProtoColl front-end collateral management system from Omgeo, a DTCC subsidiary, has now been integrated with DTCC-Euroclear GlobalCollateral Ltd.’s Margin Transit Utility (MTU), a solution to facilitate the settlement of margin obligations, officials say. The integration will let Omgeo ProtoColl clients gain a view “of all transactions… Read More >>
Q&A: DTCC VP Says T+2 Requirements Coming in May
John Abel, vice president with the DTCC, says the requirements for moving to the trading day plus two business days (T+2) shortened settlement cycle will be coming in early May. There will also be a parallel effort to identify the legal and regulatory changes needed to facilitate T+2. Abel, the DTCC and other industry groups… Read More >>
Q&A: 6,100 Users on DTCC’s Corporate Actions Web Platform
Daniel Thieke, DTCC managing director and general manager, settlement and asset services, recently answered FTF News’ questions about the DTCC’s Corporate Actions Transformation initiative. In fact, Thieke will be presenting an update on the corporate actions push at the SIFMA Ops 2015 operations conference and exhibition underway this week in San Diego, Calif. At DTCC,… Read More >>
Asia-Pacific Lost in the T+2 Shuffle?
The operations industry has been focused on shorter settlement cycles in the U.S. for the past two to three years while Europe has made the transition from trading data plus three business days (T+3) to two business days (T+2). At the same time, Asia-Pacific has also been grappling with the push for shorter settlement. Still,… Read More >>
Fed Wants LEIs for Certain Reporting Forms
The Federal Reserve Board on Monday, March 16, proposed that banking organizations be required to include their existing Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) on certain regulatory reporting forms, officials say. The LEI standard is a 20-character alphanumeric code that is universal and uniquely corresponds to a single legal entity. The LEI reference code enables easier identification… Read More >>
DTCC’s LEI Utility Hits a Milestone
DTCC officials report that the Global Markets Entity Identifier (GMEI) utility, a local operating unit (LOU) of the growing global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) system, has issued approximately half of all LEIs registered so far, or 165,000, to entities from more than 140 jurisdictions. The GMEI’s progress reflects the growth of the global machinery behind… Read More >>
Misys Offers Trade Reporting Link to DTCC GTR
The Misys Regulatory Reporting Service (RRS) now offers connectivity to the DTCC’s Global Trade Repository (GTR), giving European corporates, fund managers and smaller banks another option beyond the service’s current link to the Regis-TR repository for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives reporting mandated by the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) legislation. The EMIR rules require all parties… Read More >>
