Firms Automate Margining Tasks The DTCC’s Margin Transit Utility (MTU), an automated margin call service, now has the support of 50 financial services firms that are striving to automate manual systems amid volatile markets, officials say. The MTU service includes connectivity from AcadiaSoft’s Margin Manager and DTCC’s Alert for standing settlement instructions (SSIs), links to… Read More >>
R3, Synechron to Build DLT-based KYC Solution
12 Banks Support Synechron-R3 Effort Consultancy Synechron and enterprise software vendor R3 are collaborating to provide a know your customer (KYC) solution based on distributed ledger technology (DLT), and the partnership has the support of 12 global banks. Described as one of the largest DLT projects of the year, the KYC solution being developed will… Read More >>
HTG Capital Buys Three of Kottke’s Businesses
HTG, Kottke to Form a ‘Strong Team’ HTG Capital Partners, a liquidity provider for listed and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives instruments, is slated to acquire the introducing broker, money management and proprietary trading businesses of Kottke Associates, creating “a strong team” to take on the futures industry, say officials. HTG and Kottke Associates, which is a… Read More >>
