Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) - News, Articles & Research

Company announcement/security

Cyber risk seen as top threat to financial markets

Cyber risk ranks as the greatest threat to the global financial markets in 2022, with the COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical tensions rounding out the top three threats overall, according to a new survey published by The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry.

07 December 2021

News/markets

US securities markets plot move to T+1

US securities markets are targeting a move to next-day settlement in the first half of 2024.

01 December 2021

News/markets

DTCC to apply cloud, API and blockchain to modernise private markets

The Depository Trusts and Clearing Corporation has entered the production build phase for a new platform to streamline the issuance, transfer and servicing of private market securities

09 November 2021

Company announcement/markets

NAB to submit and maintain settlement and account data on DTTC Alert

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that National Australia Bank Asset Servicing (NAS) has agreed to submit and maintain Standing Settlement Instructions (SSIs) directly via its ALERT service, the industry’s largest and most compliant web-based global database for the maintenance and communication of account and SSI data.

19 October 2021

News/Sibos

Sibos 2021: Collaboration and discipline is required for digital asset and CBDC success

Day three of Sibos started with a future facing perspective in the form of two morning sessions covering developing and upcoming digital technologies, including as CBDCs, DeFi, and NFTs, reiterating that these areas of innovation remain hot topics of interest.

14 October 2021

Company announcement/markets

DTCC outlines path to implementing central clearing across US treasury transactions

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today issued a new white paper, “Making the U.S. Treasury Market Safer for All Participants: How FICC’s Open Access Model Promotes Central Clearing,” that explores how to advance central clearing around U.S. Treasury transactions.

05 October 2021

Company announcement/markets

Turquoise settles US shares with DTCC

Turquoise, LSEG’s (London Stock Exchange Group) global securities trading platform, has today announced an expansion of its service with a newly enlarged US segment, with US shares now settling into DTC.

28 September 2021

News/markets

DTCC to begin development of DLT-based settlement system

The Depository Turst and Clearing Corporation is to move into the development phase of a protytpe settlement platform based on distributed ledger technology that could act as the precursor to a US move to a same day settlement cycle

15 September 2021

Company announcement/markets

DTCC launches sponsored general collateral service

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the launch of its Sponsored General Collateral (GC) Service, a new offering from its Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) subsidiary, and that the first trades have been executed by BNY Mellon, Federated Hermes and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC.

07 September 2021

Company announcement/markets

DTCC partners Ebix on automated annuity compliance

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that it is partnering with Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBIX), a leading international supplier of on-demand software and e-commerce services, to deliver an automated annuity compliance solution to significantly increase efficiency, reduce costs, and lower the risks associated with certifying agent compliance for annuity sales.

13 July 2021

Company announcement/regulation

Esma fines DTCC Derivatives Repository €408,000 for data breaches

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has fined DTCC Derivatives Repository Plc (DDRL) a total of €408,000 for seven infringements of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) regarding data confidentiality, data integrity, and direct and immediate access to data.

12 July 2021

Company announcement/markets

DTCC launches electronic CD service

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the launch of its new Underwriting Central (UWC) platform, an automated service for electronic Certificates of Deposit (CD) offered by DTCC’s subsidiary, The Depository Trust Company (DTC).

28 June 2021