Four Tri-Party Agents Endorse New Connection TriOptima reports that its triResolve Margin offering now provides integration via the SWIFT financial services messaging and systems cooperative to four tri-party agents: BNY Mellon, Clearstream, Euroclear, and JPMorgan. “TriOptima’s clients will have direct connectivity to tri-parties via SWIFT for sending instructions as well as receiving status messages and… Read More >>
ESMA Explores Blockchain’s Risks and Promise
It was only a matter of time before regulators wanted to lift the lid on blockchain and look deeper into the potential opportunities and challenges in the financial services sphere. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), an EU financial services watchdog, is throwing down the gauntlet with its recent discussion paper for public consultation… Read More >>
OTC Overhauls Hit Home
Shortly after CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton declared at the 7th Annual OTC Derivatives Operations & Processing Conference last week that the Dodd-Frank reforms will deliver transparency, it became clear during a subsequent discussion that if firms haven’t done so, they need to get their IT architectures in place now to stay on top of the… Read More >>