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TradFi and DeFi should be used in tandem, Securities Finance Technology Symposium panellists say

09 May 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Traditional finance and decentralised finance can and should exist in tandem, speakers on the ‘TradFi vs DeFi’ panel at this year’s Securities Finance Technology Symposium in Boston affirmed

BoE and BIS conclude DLT-based Project Meridian

19 April 2023 UK
Reporter: Bob Currie

The Bank for International Settlements and Bank of England have completed their joint initiative named Project Meridian, which was the first programme to be completed by the BIS Innovation Hub in London

ICJ, TSE and Broadridge launch digital vote execution service

31 March 2023 Japan
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The joint venture aims to accelerate end-to-end automation of proxy voting to Japanese issuers and enable the Japanese market to improve corporate governance practices

ICMA introduces bond data taxonomy

14 March 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: SFT

The International Capital Markets Association has released a bond data taxonomy (BDT) that provides a common, standardised language to facilitate STP across the bond transaction lifecycle and reduce inconsistent use of data in securities issuance

Many market participants remain unprepared for move to T+1, finds ValueExchange

09 March 2023 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Barnaby Nelson, CEO of the ValueExchange (pictured), says: “A consistent 40 per cent of market participants are still unsure of how and when they will prepare for the move to T+1 settlement"

TS Imagine launches RiskSmart X

07 March 2023 US
Reporter: Lucy Carter

RiskSmart X is a cross-asset SaaS solution that provides a real-time, comprehensive overview of exposures for prime brokerage and risk management professionals

BIS completes Project Icebreaker central bank digital currency pilot

06 March 2023 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

Working alongside central banks from Israel, Norway and Sweden, the PoC evaluates the technical feasibility of making cross-border and cross-currency payments between retail CBDC systems

DZ BANK adopts Metaco’s Harmonize

23 February 2023 Germany
Reporter: Lucy Carter

German banking group DZ BANK has selected technology provider Metaco’s Harmonize platform to develop its digital asset management offering

CDM resources now available as open source in FINOS

16 February 2023 UK,
Reporter: Bob Currie

In a joint statement, ICMA, ISDA and ISLA announced today that the CDM is now available in FINOS, enabling users to access CDM resources on an open source basis via this repository

SC Ventures, LBBW and Comyno take stakes in DekaBank’s SWIAT

27 January 2023 Germany
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The joint venture aims to create a uniform standard for processing blockchain-based securities, providing software that will form a decentralised financial infrastructure and frictionless, real-time settlement for securities lending and repo

OSTTRA to provide real-time visibility of Eurex ETD trade status

18 January 2023 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Post-trade solutions company OSTTRA is enhancing its network to give market participants a real-time view into the status of exchange-traded derivative trades being cleared through Eurex

Swiss banks advance tokenisation PoC as foundation for alternative financial infrastructure

13 December 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

Participants indicate that trial lays foundations for an alternative Swiss post-trade infrastructure functioning without CCP or CSD, enabling reduced cost and complexity across the securities transaction lifecycle

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