The DTCC is urging investment managers and custodians to collaborate on technology and automation solutions after its latest statistics on the industry’s affirmation progress revealed a disparity in affirmation rates between those using manual processes and those utilizing centralized matching tools. With the implementation of a T+1 settlement cycle in the U.S. less than a… Read More >>
Are We Heading Toward the Age of DLT?
I think it’s fair to say that distributed ledger technology (DLT), a.k.a. the blockchain, is making real inroads into the complex universe of post-trade securities operations. I am referring to the infrastructure-building/plumbing aspects of DLT, which emerged before its role in the wild embrace of crypto- and digital asset transactions, tokenization, etc. The DLT-based systems… Read More >>
