(To quote the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) “responds to the need to enhance the transparency of securities financing markets and thus of the financial system. The Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 23 December 2015.” For firms that do business in… Read More >>
DTCC & TriOptima Target SFTR Deadlines
A solutions provider for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trading, TriOptima, is collaborating with post-trade infrastructure services and systems provider DTCC to facilitate new data links to repositories to help their mutual clients meet the Securities Financing Transactions Reconciliation (SFTR) deadlines hitting now in Europe. The E.U.’s SFTR rules are intended to mitigate systemic risk in the… Read More >>
BNP Paribas Subsidiary & Calypso Develop Post-Trade Suite
BNP Paribas Securities Services has partnered with Calypso Technology to provide global, sell-side institutions with a post-trade processing solution that encompasses clearing, custody, and middle- and back-office services. The BNP group is a multi-asset servicing specialist that is a wholly owned subsidiary of the BNP Paribas Group. The subsidiary’s multi-asset class operating model, which covers… Read More >>