Post-trade & ops

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Slovak crypto platform raises €1m

AltFINS, a Slovakia-based trading platform for digital assets has announced the completion of a funding round in which it raised over €1m.

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Malaysian exchange trials blockchain bond platform

Bursa Malaysia is developing a proof-of-concept (POC) for a blockchain-based bond trading venue.

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Credit Suisse unveils operational restructuring

Swiss bank Credit Suisse has announced a "series of structural improvements" which will see it combine several divisions in search of operational efficiencies.

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Israeli stock exchange preps blockchain-based securities lending platform

The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (Tase) is gearing up to launch a blockchain-based securities lending platform.

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ECB confirms one year delay to T2-T2S integration

The European Central Bank (ECB) has formally approved a one year extension to its T2-T2S consolidation project.

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Citi HK uses bot technology to give clients real-time trade status reports

Citi is using bot technology in Hong Kong to offer its Securities Services clients real-time processing for matching and settlement, giving them the ability to view their trade status consistently throughout the day and to be able to activate stock borrowing if needed.

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Standard Chartered invests in post-trade FX platform Cobalt

Standard Chartered has invested in foreign exchange (FX) post-trade infrastructure provider Cobalt, joining Citi as the second client-side backer of the blockchain-based network.

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ASX to delay Chess replacement system by a year

The Australia Securities Exchange is to delay the roll out of its post-trade blockchain platform by a year, citing the global Covid pandemic and operational load on market participants.

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Nasdaq unveils Marketplace Services Platform

Nasdaq has launched Marketplace Services Platform, making it easy to exchange assets, services and information across market ecosystems.

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ECB likely to delay T2-T2S consolidation project

The European Central Bank looks set to delay the consolidation of the Target2 real-time gross settlement mechanism with the T2S securities settlement platform after consultations with market participants.

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EC opens antitrust probe into LSE-Refinitiv deal

The European Commission has opened an in-depth antitrust investigation into the London Stock Exchange's planned $27 billion takeover of financial data vendor Refinitiv.

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Securities depositories call for delay to settlement discipline regime

The European Central Securities Depositories Association (ECSDA) is calling for a one year delay to the implementation of the settlement discipline regime (SDR), and settlement penalties in particular, because of Covid-19.

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UBS leads $17.5m funding round for voice trading tech supplier Cloud9

Cloud9, a New York-based supplier of voice trading software, has raised $17.5 million in a Series B funding round led by UBS and joined by existing investors JP Morgan and Barclays.

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Australia reshuffles blockchain committee

The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has been recruited to serve on an advisory panel of technology experts designed to build support for blockchain technology over the next five years.

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Tokenise launches regulated digital exchange

A digital securities exchange, Tokenise, has collaborated with post-trade service provider GMEX to launch a regulated digital exchange.

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JPMorgan and Bloomberg bid to streamline post-trade processes

JPMorgan and Bloomberg have come together to streamline post-trade services for buy-side institutions.

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DTCC experiments with asset tokenisation and DLT

The Depository Trust and Clearing Coporation has unveiled two new projects, codenamed 'Ion' and 'Whitney', to experiment with asset digitalisation, distributed ledger technology and asset tokenisation for post-trade settlement in the public and private markets.

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OCC taps DLT for securities lending infrastructure

Equity derivatives clearing organisation OCC has selected Axoni to help it replace its securities lending infrastructure with distributed ledger technology.

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Citi spins off proxy voting platform to industry consortium

Citigroup is spinning off its electronic proxy voting platform Proximity to a consortium of banks who are backing the new venture with $20.5 million in fresh capital.

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Italian banks go live on Spunta Banca DLT platform

A group of Italian banks has gone live with a distributed ledger technology-based system for the reconciliation of reciprocal accounts.