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Feature: T+1 Market Impact
T+1: Late for a Very Important Date?
Despite significant progress in preparing for one-day securities settlement in North America, there are potential pain points in funding and FX liquidity that could make for some turbulence in the first few months, especially for some in Asia.....
What does moving to T+1 tell us about a potential move to T+0? RJ Rondini…
Why will collateralizing trades be such a challenge in the transition…
What does the transition to T+1 tell us about whether financial markets…
One-day settlement for securities in the U.S. could bring a host…
How could time zones and global operations affect Asian firms’ ability to …
What percentage of trades would not meet the affirmation deadline for…
From our vantage point, most participants are ready for T [plus] one and those…
One exciting trend happening in collateral is buy-side firms creating a…
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One-day settlement for securities in the U.S. could bring a host…
What percentage of trades would not meet the affirmation deadline for…
Differences between U.S. and EU uncleared margin rules add complications…
What percentage of trades would not meet the affirmation deadline for…
How could time zones and global operations affect Asian firms’ ability to …
Meaghan Dugan, Head of Options at @NYSE, gives her views on options…
One exciting trend happening in collateral is buy-side firms creating a…
What can be done to encourage and support women in finance? @Meaghan Dugan, Head of Options…
Digital collateral is a very interesting space. So outside of pure collateral…
From our vantage point, most participants are ready for T [plus] one and those…
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Market Structure
Differences between U.S. and EU uncleared margin rules add complications…
What percentage of trades would not meet the affirmation deadline for…
How could time zones and global operations affect Asian firms’ ability to …
One-day settlement for securities in the U.S. could bring a host…
Meaghan Dugan, Head of Options at @NYSE, gives her views on options…
One exciting trend happening in collateral is buy-side firms creating a…
Digital collateral is a very interesting space. So outside of pure collateral…
From our vantage point, most participants are ready for T [plus] one and those…
Many firms have found that the tools they used to address uncleared margin rules…
Modernizing Payments
How could real-time data streaming improve corporate bank relationships? Rafael Otero, Head of…
Today’s repo market infrastructure can present challenges to participants around liquidity and…
How could does tokenization enhance security in real-time payments? Elena Whisler, Chief…
Through the use of embedded payments, CFOs are helping their organizations to improve customer…
Treasury and finance teams need to prepare for how the growth of real-time payments will be…
What obstacles might corporate suppliers encounter as they try to capture the full benefits of…
Feature: Repo Funding Strains?
The Making of a Money Squeeze?
Ten-year yields have been on the rise lately. How are retail and...
Feature: Treasury Market Reform
A Wider Safety Net For Treasurys May Have Pitfalls
A new central clearing rule looks set to shake the foundations of the $27 trillion Treasury market, at one of the most challenging time for the U.S. government and investors.
Learning to Live With More Treasury Debt
The $27tr Treasury market is awash with supply at a time when some critical sources of demand have pulled back. Read more about what this could mean for yields and investor sentiment.
An expanded #CentralClearing mandate by the Securities and Exchange Commission for U.S. Treasury…
One potential problem with current #Treasury-market clearing methods is that a counterparty may…
The implementation of a broader mandate for the central clearing of Treasurys and repos may give…
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