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Euroclear embraces Taskize utility
03 October 2016 Geneva
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Euroclear is set to go live with financial operations task management utility Taskize, effectively making the Taskize platform available to over 1,500 banks...

FINCAD: Derivatives boom leading to tech investment
03 October 2016 Vancouver
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Financial institutions are increasing use of derivatives as an investment strategy and investing in technology in order to manage this change, according to a survey by FINCAD...

GFT adds to pan-Atlantic team
03 October 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Financial services technology consultant GFT has appointed David Collins as head of financial services for the pan-Atlantic region...

Sibos: Cultural change is imminent
30 September 2016 Geneva
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The biggest changes to the financial services industry between now and 2020 will be cultural, according to panellists speaking at Sibos 2016...

LCH signs up first Australian PPS
30 September 2016 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has become LCH’s first Australian Protected Payments System bank...

Google and GFT partner for DLT innovation
29 September 2016 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

GFT is utilising the Google Cloud Platform to rapidly deploy the code developed by its client development teams into GFT’s blockchain incubator to simulate real-word scenarios...

SEC agrees next step in T+2 transition
29 September 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has voted in favour of shortening the standard settlement cycle for broker-dealer securities transactions from T+3 to T+2...

Calastone reinforces China-HK market connection
29 September 2016 Hong Kong
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Calastone has strengthened its position in the China-Hong Kong market by enabling direct connectivity with Shenzhen Securities Communications Company (SSCC)...

Sibos: Easier standardised than done
29 September 2016 Geneva
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Standards mean different things to banks and corporate treasurers, but they should collaborate to make them work, according to speakers in a debate session at Sibos...

LSEG considering sale of LCH SA
29 September 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is considering selling its stake in LCH SA, the French arm of LCH group, in response to anti-trust concerns from the European Commission...

Sibos: Financial services should lead ‘new era’ of tech, says IBM head
28 September 2016 Geneva
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Cognitive technology will give financial services firms a competitive advantage, as long as they seize the opportunity, keynote speaker Ginni Rometty told Sibos attendees...

Custody and investment: never the twain shall meet
28 September 2016 Geneva
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The blurring of custody and investment business lines among global systemically important banks can create a “high level of risk with regard to asset safety”...