The DTCC’s same-day settlement trade fail rate increased by 46 percent, rising from 1.86 percent to 2.7 percent between May 29 and May 30, foreshadowing a period of unrest as T+1 operational headaches crawl out of the woodwork. There was little commotion for most of the transition week, as market participants navigated North America’s long-awaited… Read More >>
North America’s Rocky Road to T+1 Begins
Like it or not, North American firms are getting new plumbing for settlement. Settlement within the shorter time frame of the trading day plus another day, or T+1, is becoming a reality for North American firms, starting with those firms in Canada and Mexico, and with a nod to South America, Argentina, on Monday, May 27,… Read More >>
Firms Fear Manual Processes Could Spur T+1 Failures
As North American financial markets brace for the impending transition to a T+1 settlement cycle next week, concerns are mounting over the reliance on manual post-trade processes, which could lead to unwelcome settlement failures and increased costs. Firms lacking adequate technological infrastructure are now in a frantic last-minute scramble to automate manual post-trade processes, with… Read More >>
Firms Fortify Ops for the Countdown to T+1
A little over a year ago, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced May 28, 2024, as the deadline for North America’s transit from T+2 to T+1 trade settlement. Now, with the crossover mere days away, the securities industry is racing against the clock to finalize preparations. This week, the DTCC published an update… Read More >>
T+1 is Stealing the Spotlight from Securities Lending
(Editor’s note: This past October, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Rule 10c-1a in an effort to increase the “transparency and efficiency of the securities lending market,” according to the SEC. The new rule required the reporting of “specified information about securities loans to a registered national securities association (RNSA)” by 2026. The new rule… Read More >>
T+1 Self-Affirmation Rates Below Expectations
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 >>
CLS Will Not Adjust FX Settlement for T+1
Players in the foreign exchange (FX) industry are being forced back to the drawing board when it comes to settling currency transactions on a T+1 basis after CLS Group, a key player in FX settlement, announced last week that it will refrain from making operational modifications to its CLSSettlement multi-currency settlement system. Back in February,… Read More >>
ESMA Survey Sheds Little Light on T+1 Impacts
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has received inconclusive responses to key issues around costs, operational impact, and the effect on market liquidity of shortening the settlement cycle in the European Union (E.U.). The E.U.’s regulatory body overseeing financial markets deferred drawing conclusions on many aspects, opting instead to glean insights from North America’s… Read More >>
Europe’s T+1 Lag Could Spur Global Settlement Disarray
The impending switch to T+1 settlement in North America scheduled for May 28, 2024, has raised concerns in Europe, where market participants report a lack of international testing. Although not officially moving to T+1 just yet, Europe launched its T+1 taskforce led by the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) in March last year. In early conversations… Read More >>
BBH Takes Aim at Latencies in Securities Lending
(To help its securities lending clients with their transition to T+1 shorter settlement, Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is examining securities loan recall lifecycles to find any latencies that may be caused by batch processing or bespoke messaging for Swift processes, says Sarah Holmes, global head of securities lending at BBH. In her new role, Holmes… Read More >>
