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Kiran Komma

Kiran Komma Senior Domain Consultant at Tata Consutlancy Services

Transition to T plus 1 settlement in UK, EU, and other markets – Implications for the industry

Globally most of the markets operate in T+2 settlement cycle and transition to T+1 settlement is gaining momentum across different geographies. Benefits of the move to T+1 settlement include reduced systemic risk, decline in margin requirement and improved operational efficiency. India moved to T+1 in phases and completed transit...

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Kiran Komma

Kiran Komma Senior Domain Consultant at Tata Consutlancy Services

SEC final rules on US Treasury Central Clearing

On December 13, 2023, SEC adopted the final rules for enhancing the risk management practices for central clearing in the US treasury market and facilitate additional clearing of US treasury securities transactions. Let us look at the scope, timelines and how it impacts the US treasury market. 1. Current State: The US Treasury market is worth 26 t...

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Kiran Komma

Kiran Komma Senior Domain Consultant at Tata Consutlancy Services

SEC’ securities lending regulation – Rule 10c-1a and implications

The securities lending market is vital to the healthy functioning of securities markets globally. Securities lending improves market liquidity, price discovery, and enables timely trade settlement but an opaque securities lending market and limited availability of securities lending data publicly are big concerns to the regulators. In alignment wi...

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Kiran Komma

Kiran Komma Senior Domain Consultant at Tata Consutlancy Services

SEC’ securities lending regulation – Proposed rules and implications

Securities lending market is vital to the healthy functioning of securities markets globally. Securities lending improves market liquidity, price discovery, and enables timely trade settlement but an opaque securities lending market and limited availability of securities lending data publicly are big concerns to the regulators. In alignment with D...

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Kiran Komma

Kiran Komma Senior Domain Consultant at Tata Consutlancy Services

Emergence of Conversational Agents in Investment Banking

Investment banks continue to be under pressure due to regulatory changes, declining revenues, and rising costs. Revenues generated by 12 biggest investment banks from trading and advisory operations are down by 11% for first six months of 2019, according to Financial Times article. COVID-19 pandemic will impact investment banks due to significantl...

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