Technology news

OCC completes next phase of liquidity enhancement plans

07 July 2020 Chicago
Reporter: Drew Nicol

OCC’s liquidity risk management framework aims to ensure that it holds sufficient qualified liquid resources to meet settlement obligations under “foreseeable stress scenarios”

AcadiaSoft partners with OpenGamma on UMR

01 July 2020 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

AcadiaSoft has partnered with OpenGamma to integrate its initial margin calculation and reconciliation service with a risk sensitivities generation service to help compliance with phases 5 and 6 of the Uncleared Margin Rules

ISLA's digital working group gains mass support

19 June 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Since launching in April, the trade body’s new digital working group has welcomed more than 50 members from across the industry to support the push for technological advancement

Shone resurfaces with ISLA to push digital agenda

17 June 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

David Shone, who recently left State Street after completing the build of its SFTR solution, will now contribute to ISLA's project to enhance market digitalisation

MUFG selects EquiLend Spire in drive to upgrade securities lending business

15 June 2020 New York
Reporter: Drew Nicol

MUFG Investor Services is set to leverage the EquiLend Spire platform for its core global securities lending activities as part of ambitious plans to expand its business

REGIS-TR and Cappitech team up for end-to-end regulatory service

15 June 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The partnership will link the firm's complimenting reporting services for SFTR, EMIR, EMIR UK and FinfraG

Germany’s KfW teams with FIS to transform risk management operations

28 May 2020 Berlin
Reporter: Drew Nicol

KfW, one of the largest banks in Germany, has overhauled its risk management operations with a new platform powered by FIS technology

DTCC embarks on digital exploration in the public and private markets

19 May 2020 New York
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

DTCC’s proposals are contained in two case studies, Project Ion and Project Whitney, which mark its latest efforts to examine the potential applications of distributed ledger technology, asset digitalisation