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TMF Group appoints Netherton as Chief Transformation Officer
09 August 2024 UK
Reporter: Jack McRae

He will be responsible for strategic change initiatives across the organisation and will report to CEO Mark Well

Canton Network completes blockchain pilot
15 March 2024 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The programme demonstrates the interoperability of 22 independent distributed ledger applications in the capital markets domain, achieving the execution of more than 350 simulated transactions

AFME releases climate risk stress testing report
22 June 2023 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

In partnership with global management consultancy Oliver Wyman, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe has published a report discussing the progress of EU banks around climate risk stress testing

AFME: Pandemic acted as a “call to arms” for post-trade industry to improve “cumbersome” technologies
19 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The COVID-19 pandemic acted as a “call to arms” for the post-trade industry to improve “cumbersome and outdated” technologies, according to Archie Stebbings, partner at management consulting firm Oliver Wyman

ISSA: securities services to undergo ‘significant change’ in next decade
17 November 2020 Switzerland
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The report showed that changes in investor behaviour, as well as changes in technology and technology-enabled competition, are likely to have the biggest impact on the industry

White Paper calls for industry coordination to challenge cyber attacks
21 March 2018 New York
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

DTCC, which released the paper on 20 March, said there “is a need for additional efforts around specific cyber-scenarios and limited industry-wide testing”

Blockchain a blessing for capital markets
05 February 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Although there are still barriers to the widespread adoption of blockchain in capital markets, a ‘wait-and-see’ approach could be damaging, according to a whitepaper by Euroclear and Oliver Wyman...

Liquidity Alliance spots global benefits of T2S
06 November 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Non-European members of the Liquidity Alliance will be able to benefit from the implementation of Target2-Securities through their members in Germany and Spain...

BNY Mellon appoints new chief risk officer
24 October 2014 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNY Mellon has appointed James Wiener as its new chief risk officer and executive vice president, effective from 24 November 2014...

Window of opportunity to leverage T2S benefits
12 September 2014 Frankfurt
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

Brokers, custodians and regional banks could save between €30 - €70 million per annum with TARGET2-Securities (T2S), according to a new study by Clearsteam and Oliver Wyman...