(Editor’s Note: Late last month, Gresham Technologies announced that it was acquiring Electra Information Systems for $38.6 million. The acquisition is slated to become official on June 22, and both vendors say it will help transform the market landscape for reconciliation and cloud-based data control. FTF News got time with Ian Manocha, CEO at Gresham, and… Read More >>
The 2021 FTF Awards Winners Unveiled!
Financial Technologies Forum (FTF) is pleased to announce that operational excellence and major achievements in financial technology innovation surged in 2020 as evidenced by the winners of the 2021 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards competition. The winners of the FTF Awards competition, now in its tenth year, are being announced today, June 7, and they… Read More >>
Gresham-Electra Is ‘Already Shaking Things Up’: Q&A
(Editor’s Note: Last week, two major reconciliation services competitors — Gresham Technologies plc and Electra Information Systems — announced that will be combining into one provider via Gresham’s $38.6 million acquisition of Electra. FTF News got time with Ian Manocha, CEO at Gresham, and this is the first part of a two-part Q&A chat. For… Read More >>
Gresham Technologies to Acquire Electra for $38.6M
Two major reconciliation services competitors — Gresham Technologies plc and Electra Information Systems — will be combining into one provider via Gresham’s acquisition of Electra. Gresham officials report that the company “and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gresham Enterprise Storage” are purchasing “the entirety of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Electra … on… Read More >>
Northern Trust Bolsters Recs Visualization Tool
Northern Trust Enhances Recs Dashboard Custodian bank Northern Trust has updated its Rec Dashboard workflow tool so that it helps clients with collaboration and scalability for real-time transparency into the reconciliations process, officials say. The Rec Dashboard offers views of “breaks and reconciliations in trade activity between asset managers and other institutions,” officials say. “Rec… Read More >>
COVID-19 Put Cloud’s Value to the Test: Q&A
(Editor’s Note: Financial services firms that were sitting on the fence about cloud computing are changing their minds as they look to the post-pandemic world. So says Julian Trostinsky, vice president, strategy and solutions engineering at Duco Technology, which offers cloud-based, data and post-trade reconciliation systems. Trostinsky has more than two decades of experience helping… Read More >>
Electra Expands Global Operations & Adds Staff
Electra Information Systems, a provider of reconciliation and other post-trade services, is adding data centers and staff to improve its global infrastructure for operations processing that supports a growing number of clients across the United Kingdom (U.K.), Europe, and the Asia-Pacific regions, officials tell FTF News. In particular, Electra has added data centers in Sydney,… Read More >>
T+1 in Two Years Says DTCC
Is T+1 settlement possible in two years? Officials at the Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. (DTCC) think so and have released a two-year industry roadmap for a one-day settlement cycle after execution for U.S. equities, also known as T+1. Building upon the successful T+2 effort in 2017, the DTCC is making its case via a… Read More >>
Pandemic Pushes IVP Clients to Expedite Digital Projects
More than two-thirds of the customers of vendor Indus Valley Partners are forging ahead with pandemic-inspired digital transformations, but they should adopt a “digital first” approach when it comes to outsourcing and data management concerns, says Gurvinder Singh, CEO of IVP. Singh’s remarks are at the heart of an annual trend outlook that IVP compiles… Read More >>
FIA to Biden: Derivatives Can Combat Climate Change
After four long years of an administration that routinely dismissed and disparaged environmental issues, the pressing need to combat climate change finally has an ally. That ally is the new president. And in turn, President Biden has an ally in Walt Lukken, the president and chief executive officer of the Futures Industry Association (FIA), who… Read More >>
