European CSDs must make good strategic choices to survive the post-T2S shake-out
Twin regulations have sparked a slow revolution in the division of labour between the CSDs and custodian banks of Europe, which is likely to end in some unexpected alliances.
Innovation Essentials: In Conversation with Genevieve Douhet
Watch this series examining top tips from leading innovators in the financial industry on how to make innovation a success. This week: Interview with Genevieve Douhet, Société Générale.
Innovation Essentials: In Conversation with Nigel Dobson
Watch this series examining top tips from leading innovators in the financial industry on how to make innovation a success. This week: Interview with Nigel Dobson, ANZ.
Innovation Essentials: In Conversation with Claire Calmejane
Watch this series examining top tips from leading innovators in the financial industry on how to make innovation a success. This week: Interview with Claire Calmejane, Lloyds Banking Group.
Innovation Essentials: In Conversation with Saket Sharma
Watch this series examining top tips from leading innovators in the financial industry on how to make innovation a success. This week: Interview with Saket Sharma, BNY Mellon.
Faster not always better
Anyone with a mobile phone can send a text message to someone on the other side of the world instantaneously – and in most cases for free. However, when it comes to payments, interaction is slower and costly.
Data: leading the revolution in securities services
New technologies and the role of data explored in part one of our three-part series on the key takeaways from the securities stream at Sibos 2019.
Why the demands for improved FX data are not yet being met
More FX market data is being collected than ever before. This is being put to a variety of uses, but the data available remains fragmented and incomplete. If the growth of electronic trading and buy-side pressure for transparency do not fill in the gaps then regulation may be necessary.
Experts debate liquidity in FX markets
Liquidity in major currency pairs is healthy, but the structure of liquidity in FX is changing. Fewer banks are willing to take principal risk, most feed off the liquidity of others, the much-vaunted non-bank liquidity providers are proving reliant on bank credit, and buy-side firms are interested primarily in data that can tell them where liquidity is - and is not.