Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
Corporate Actions: Anxiety and Curiosity Around DTCC's New Hub
The DTCC's initiative to stake a greater claim to the corporate action space presents stiff competition or new opportunity, depending on the perspective.
Leading dealers sign up to new CDS matching service
JP Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley have signed up for a new global credit default swap (CDS) matching service that the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) plans to launch in June.
G30 - Moving in the right direction
The latest G30 report on global clearing and settlement offers more than a few worthwhile suggestions. But Kristina West says there is still much to be done before the industry will wholly embrace the recommendations.
US Risk Management Association appoints new operational risk head
Charles Taylor has been appointed director of operational risk at the 88-year-old Risk Management Association (RMA), based in Philadelphia, a 3,000-member organisation catering primarily to US commercial banks, community banks and some global investment…
Revamping Corporate Actions
Dividend payments, stock splits, name changes, spin-offs and other corporate actions impacting securities already held in accounts were not supposed to be affected by T+1. But as the deadline for shortening the trade settlement cycle is challenging firms…
S&P affirms ‘AAA’ ratings on US clearings
The US's central securities depository, the Depository Trust Company (DTC), and three clearing bodies, the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC), the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) and the Board of Trade Clearing Corporation (BOTCC), have…