Technology news

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

Bosonic settles first trade using cross-custodian net settlement

09 December 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Decentralised financial market infrastructure business Bosonic has settled a USDC and ETH trade using cross custodian net settlement

BNY Mellon employs Baton Core-Collateral in its collateral optimisation platform

07 December 2022 US
Reporter: Bob Currie

Collaboration will provide access to Baton System’s global CCP network alongside BNY Mellon’s Enterprise Continuous Portfolio Optimisation service to improve collateral velocity and reduce funding costs

Euronext completes acquisition of Nexi technology businesses

01 December 2022 Italy
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Euronext Group has finalised acquisition of the technology businesses currently powering MTS and Euronext Securities Milan from Italian technology provider Nexi. The transaction was first announced in June