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Collaboration is key to improve settlement efficiency, WFC speakers agree

06 June 2023 Czech Republic
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Panellists on the ‘Settlement efficiency’ panel at this year’s World Forum of Central Securities Depositories agreed that the industry needed to work collectively to improve settlement fail rates

ISITC Europe releases T+1 report commissioned by the SWIFT Institute

31 May 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The paper, commissioned by the SWIFT Institute, investigates how prepared the industry is for T+1, the progress that has been made so far and what industry opinion is on implementing a shortened settlement cycle

Bangkok Bank adopts CLSSettlement

31 May 2023 Thailand
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Bangkok Bank Hong Kong Branch can now access CLSSettlement as a third-party participant, the first Thai bank to be able to do so.

NYIC and MAS publish cross-border payments study findings

19 May 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The project investigated the efficiency of distributed ledger technology in multi-currency cross-border wholesale payments and settlements

ASX alters CHESS Replacement Partnership Program eligibility criteria

18 May 2023 Australia
Reporter: Lucy Carter

ASX has released amendments to its CHESS Replacement Partnership Program, responding to industry feedback and in anticipation of future industry cooperation

Little support for European Commission’s clearing plans, Acuiti report says

12 May 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The Commission has proposed a requirement for firms clearing certain Euro-denominated products to clear a portion in the EU and maintain an ‘active account’ at an EU-based clearing house

ASX releases details about CHESS replacement partnership programme

01 May 2023 Australia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The partnership programme is designed to recognise the work that will be undertaken to progress and complete the CHESS replacement project which was paused in November 2022

Nasdaq Private Market launches service to improve settlement of private company shares

26 April 2023 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

NPM’s Transfer and Settlement Solution has been designed to outsource the complex and non-core administrative activities associated with the transfer and settlement of private company shares

LCH SA and GFO-X announce Bitcoin index derivatives clearing service

14 April 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

LCH DigitalAssetClear will provide clearing services for Bitcoin index futures and options contracts traded on GFO-X. Pending regulatory approval, it is expected to go live in Q4 2023

Many firms “shockingly unprepared” for T+1, ISITC Summit panellist says

24 March 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The financial services industry “is halfway through a marathon” in its preparations for T+1, according to a panellist at this year’s ISITC Summit in Boston

AFME launches T+1 taskforce

02 March 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The group will consider whether Europe should move to a shorter settlement cycle, following the lead of other jurisdictions around the world

CCMA reaffirms Canadian market’s commitment to T+1 implementation date

17 February 2023 Canada
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The Canadian Capital Markets Association has restated that Canada will reduce its standard securities clearing and settlement cycle to T+1 on the same date as the US

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