Distributed ledger technology could bring both benefits and risk to the financial services space, but could ultimately “enhance operational soundness”, according to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority
15 December 2017New York Reporter: Stephanie Palmer
AST Financial and NuArca have completed a successful scaled-up pilot of their blockchain-based proxy voting solution, ahead of its planned launch in March 2018
Broadridge has been selected to provide a front-to-back office operations solution for broker-dealer Beta Capital Wealth Management, to support its move to self-clearing
Euronext has been approved by the French regulator to provide approved publication arrangement and approved reporting mechanism services to investment firms in Europe, under MiFID II
14 December 2017New York Reporter: Stephanie Palmer
truePTS is intended to automate derivatives processing, removing the operational risks of manual processes and addressing regulatory and cost pressures in the space
Only 2 percent of capital markets companies have a fully automated compliance support programme, leaving firms open to risk from manual processes, according to a survey by Aite Group and Cordium