All about George A Littlejohn story for everyone today! The City of London is made up of many different people drawn from across the UK and the World they come from all backgrounds and all with a unique personal history. When they begin their careers, they are like you, me, the many! As they develop […]
Moving from T+1 to T+0 to Tokenized Assets Thursday 19th June 2025 An ISITC Europe Roundtable Discussion in Association with the CISI and PIMFA Kindly hosted by Venue: Room 8.02, One Canada Square, London, E14 5AA Time: 16:00 (Registration from – 15:30) Welcome/Opening Address followed by roundtable discussion 18:00 Close Followed by Networking drinks until […]
Real-time Compliance for Real-time Processing A Compliance Strategy for the Future Thursday 12th June 2025 An ISITC Europe Roundtable Discussion in Association with the CISI and PIMFA Kindly hosted by Venue: Room 8.01, One Canada Square, London, E14 5AA Time: 16:00 (Registration from – 15:30) Welcome/Opening Address followed by roundtable discussion 18:00 Close Followed by […]
TalkTime Podcast: Standard Settlement Instructions for T+1 In this T+1 Podcast industry post-trade settlement expert Bill Meenaghan, CEO and founder of SSimple, discusses with ISITC Europe, Director, Gary Wright, the need for a wide-scale upgrade across the capital markets of Standard Settlement Instructions (SSI’s) management. The discussion included recommendations given in the recently published […]
Gary Wright, Director of ISITC Europe looks at some of the investment operations key issues of 2025, with the help of Alan Burr, Chair of the CISI’s Operations Forum Committee, and Richard Leigh, Program Director of Scottish Investment Operations (SIO), plus George Littlejohn, Senior Advisor at the CISI and producer of this podcast. This is […]
TalkTime Podcast: Equity Indices In this TalkTime Podcast, ISTIC Europe’s Research Director, Dr. Tony Gandy, converses with Professor Daniel Broby on the subject of Equity Indices. The Equity Index is a complex area for market professionals, and yet it underpins the investment decisions made by enormous numbers of retail investors as they increasingly choose passive […]
TalkTime Podcast: The Impact of Crypto on Economic Recovery (The Convergence of Traditional Markets with Digital Assets) In this TalkTime Podcast Gary Wright, Director of Industry Affairs at ISITC Europe discusses with GMX Founder, Hirander Misra the ongoing development of digital assets and the convergence with traditional financial markets. Although, this was recorded a few […]
TalkTime Podcast: T+1 Implementation – Budget Considerations ISITC Europe in conjunction with the CISI, PIMFA, IA, SIO and ISLA, is creating a series of Podcasts to examine the Task Force recommendations for T+1 implementation in the UK. The Podcasts focus on T+1 and the related impacts on Financial Services firms both domestically and internationally. In […]
TalkTime Podcast: T+1 Report – Is it fit for purpose? In February 2025, the UK T+1 Task Force published its final report and recommendations for the implementation of T+1 in the UK. This podcast is part of a series discussing all things related to the move to T+1 settlement by the capital markets globally. In […]
Final Implementation Plan Published by the UK Accelerated Settlement Task Force. The final implementation plan published by the UK Accelerated Settlement Taskforce is now available. This is the culmination of two years of detailed analysis, debate and design by 450+ subject matter expert volunteers from 116 Market Participant firms across the industry, working in five […]
Stock Lending Workstream In this third Podcast one of the industry’s leading experts on Stock Lending and Borrowing, Roy Zimmerhansl discusses the work he has taken part in as lead in the UK Technical T+1 Taskforce stock lending workstream. The activity of efficient stock borrowing and lending is vital to maintain liquidity in capital markets. […]
Taskforce Regulatory Workstream In this second podcast of the series you will hear co-chairs of the UK T+1 taskforce regulatory workstream John Siena, Associate General Counsel, Co-Head – Regulatory Strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman and Ashley Rowlands, Senior Associate (Knowledge), Linklaters discuss the work undertaken by their workstream. They cover the objectives and conclusions that […]
T+1 Challenges and Opportunities ISITC Europe and the CISI is producing a series of short podcasts with collaboration from members of the UK T+1 technical taskforce. The purpose being to breakdown into specific business segments, operations, systems and rules the effect of the move to T+1. T, which will affect most of the worlds securities […]
T+1 Taskforce Consultation Live webchat Date: 11th October 2024 Time: 12:00 BST Medium: Zoom The Accelerated Settlement Technical Taskforce has just published it’s interim report of industry recommendations to enable the UK to move to T+1. A huge task, conducted in exemplary fashion – so a big shout out to Andrew Douglas and colleagues. We have been […]
Today the UK Accelerated Settlement Taskforce has published the draft recommendations and consultation report. The report is 75 pages long and contains 43 principal recommendations plus 14 additional recommendations. These recommendations have been crafted in 8 months of hard work by 450+ of our peers from more than 110 different firms operating in the UK […]
An ISITC Europe T+1 Forum Event In association with the CISI, PIMFA, IA and Fintech NI. Kindly hosted by Ulster Business School’s Centre for Financial and Regulatory Technology The Preparedness and Implications of T+1 Settlement and Digitalization of the Capital Markets Date: Tuesday, 17 September 2024 Time: 16:00 – 18:00 Location: Ulster Business School Centre […]
An ISITC Europe T+1 Forum Event In Association with the SIO, CISI, PIMFA, and the IA Navigating the Journey to T+1 and Digitalization of the Capital Markets Date: Wednesday, 18 September 2024 Time: 09:00 – 17:00 (Drinks from 17:00) Location: The Royal Scots Club, 29 – 31 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6QE Overview This one […]
ISITC Europe is backing an innovative research project focused on cybersecurity. This initiative is led by key academics including Dr Desmond Laffey from Kent Business School, Dr Tony Gandy from ISITC Europe, and myself, Professor Daniel Broby from Ulster Business School. By adapting well-established credit rating methodologies used in finance, we intend to create a […]
A T+1 Forum Event hosted by EY UK Accelerated Settlement – The path forward Post Event Summary An ISITC Europe T+1 Forum event was hosted by EY on the 16th of May, to discuss the transition to accelerated settlement in the UK. It focused on the UK move to T+1, looking at FMI readiness and unique challenges faced […]
An ISITC Europe T+1 Forum Event hosted by EY In Association with the CISI, PIMFA, and the IA UK Accelerated Settlement – The Path Forward Date: Thursday, 16 May 2024 Time: 16:00 – 17:30 Registration from 15:30 for a prompt start at 16:00. Drinks from 17:30 Location: Ernst & Young LLP (EY), 25 Churchill Place, […]
The advent of T+1 – and what it means for the global investment industry – Roundtable discussion Thursday 25th April 2024 Location: CISI, 20 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 8AF Time: 15:00 for 15:30 – 17:30 followed by refreshments Supporting partner trade organisations: CISI, ISITC Europe, IA, PIMFA and the SIO For the past nine months, […]
No Change To CLS Settlement Timeline For T+1 T+1 arrives in North America on May 27th and 28th this year. The UK Technical taskforce is working towards implementation of T+1 in the UK by the end of 2027. The EU markets have yet to set a date, but it is anticipated they will also move […]
T+0: realistic target or deluded fantasy? Part 2: the need for speed. By Tony Freeman Faster is better – right? If you’re Lewis Hamilton: obviously yes. But suppose you’re a manufacturer based in Shenzhen making iPhone cases, your costs are all in Renminbi and Hong Kong Dollars, but your revenues are mostly in US Dollars, […]
Today, saw the publication of the long-awaited UK Accelerated Settlement Taskforce report written by Charlie Geffen. ISITC Europe supports the report and its conclusions, which recommends that the UK implement T+1 settlement by 2027 We also support the wish to collaborate with the EU to where possible, to coordinate the T+1 implementation date and […]
Blockchain & DLT – just like the early railways or good for T+1? You decide By Tony Freeman In the early 1800’s railway pioneers across Great Britain and Ireland were busy developing this amazing new form of transport. Imagine the transformational impact of moving from horse speed to a steam-driven locomotive capable of 25kmh. Coal […]
A T+1 Forum Event – The Impact on Retail Investors of T+1 Wednesday 31st January 2024 In Association with the CISI, THE INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION and PIMFA T+1 is being introduced on the 27th May in Canada and 28th May 2024 in the USA, with the UK due to follow at a date soon to be announced, […]
The race to T+1: Your guide to getting ready In this recording ‘The race to T+1: Your guide to getting ready’ from a LinkedIn broadcast, moderated by Simon Daniel from Swift, T+1 implications and assessment are discussed with Alex Chow from the Investment Association and Gary Wright, Director Industry Affairs of ISITC Europe. The conversation […]
A T+1 Forum Event hosted by EY Data Challenges Roundtable Summary & Recommendations In the fourth of the ISITC Europe T+1 Forum series of roundtable discussions, industry experts focused on data challenges and the role data plays in efficient settlement for near/real-time processing. This post-event summary examines the current and immediate issues that market participants are facing, […]
A T+1 Forum Event hosted by EY Treasury/FX/Prefunding Roundtable Summary & Recommendations In the second of the ISITC Europe T+1 Forum series of roundtables, kindly hosted by EY on the 1st November, industry participants focused on the FX impact of T+1. This post-event summary highlights some of the challenges to FX that will arise from the transition […]
Solving Reputational Risk in ESG Ratings for the Board Tuesday 5th December 2023 Time: 16:00 – 18:00 Location: The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, 20 Fenchurch street, London, EC3M 3BY ISITC Europe in association with the CISI is hosting a special round table to discuss and offer resolutions on how to reduce the reputational […]
A T+1 Forum Event hosted by EY Settlement Initiation T+1 Forum Round Table Summary & Recommendations In this ISITC Europe T+1 Forum round table session, kindly hosted by EY on the 11th October, 2023. Industry leaders from both buy and sell side discussed how T+1 will impact settlement initiation, including affirmations and allocations. This was the first […]
Closing the gap between Issuers and Investors demands greater interaction Capital markets are continuing their journey to real-time operations. The barriers brought by legacy systems and time zone differences are crumbling and will soon be knocked down entirely. Part of the motivation to operate in real-time is the certainty of trade date plus one day […]
LONDON, 17 October 2023 – ISITC Europe has been undergoing significant changes in its structure (now a not-for-profit Community Interest Company) and objectives over recent years. We are pleased to announce our latest development, the establishment of a series of European Councils, which will enable our community to become better informed about country specific challenges […]
T+1 in North America arrives on the 27th May in Canada then the 28th May in the USA. For international capital markets and investors world-wide the impacts are extensive and go far beyond simply working faster, or adapting existing practices. Earlier this year ISITC Europe published its industry preparedness for accelerated settlement academic report commissioned […]
The T+1 debate at SIBOS in Toronto this year will examine the challenges of shortening the settlement cycle and gage preparedness of the global Capital Markets and Investors for the North American move to T+1 in May 2024. One of the key benefits of T+1, will be to compel players in the market, to introduce […]
T+1: What I’d like to hear at SIBOS – part 2 Written by Tony Freemen Let’s talk about FX – and its T+2 settlement cycle. The initial discussions about the benefits of a move to T+1 in the US focused, almost exclusively, on the risk and cost benefits to the clearing process. The discussion […]
T+1: What I’d like to hear at SIBOS – part 1 Written by Tony Freemen Sadly, I can’t make it to SIBOS this year. I was really looking forward to speaking at the SWIFT Academy session on T+1 settlement but medical issues mean that I’m grounded. I know that my colleagues Tony Gandy and Gary […]
A Roadmap Towards an Ethical Wealth Market By Anmol Chaudhari Introduction As the world grows more conscious of its impact on the environment and society, the realm of investing is undergoing a profound transformation. Sustainable investing, often referred to as ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) investing, has emerged as a powerful vehicle for not only […]
A T+1 Forum Event hosted by EY Post event review on T+1 Settlement – a race against time The North American move to trade date plus one (T+1) settlement on May 28, 2024, will have the greatest impact on global capital markets in over a decade. The effects of this change will reverberate in different […]
A T+1 Forum Event – Treasury/FX/Prefunding Challenges Wednesday 1st November 2023 In Association with the CISI, THE INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION and PIMFA Background Information The move to T+1 settlement in North America during 2024 and the intention indicated by the UK Accelerated Settlement Taskforce to follow suit in the UK create many business, technology and process challenges, […]
A T+1 Forum Event – Stock Borrowing/Lending & Collateral/Liquidity Management Tuesday 14th November 2023 In Association with the CISI, THE INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION and PIMFA Background Information The move to T+1 settlement in North America during 2024 and the intention indicated by the UK Accelerated Settlement Taskforce to follow suit in the UK create many business, technology and process challenges, […]
A T+1 Forum Event Background Information The move to T+1 settlement in North America during 2024 and the intention indicated by the UK Accelerated Settlement Taskforce to follow suit in the UK create many business, technology and process challenges, which need to be fully explored. The ISITC Europe T+1 Forum series of roundtable discussions are […]
A T+1 Forum Event – Data Challenges Wednesday 29th November 2023 In Association with the CISI, THE INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION and PIMFA Background Information The move to T+1 settlement in North America during 2024 and the intention indicated by the UK Accelerated Settlement Taskforce to follow suit in the UK create many business, technology and process including data challenges, which […]
A T+1 Forum Event hosted by EY T+1 Settlement – a race against time in more than one sense Date: Wednesday 19th July 2023 Time: 16:00 – 17:30 Location: Ernst & Young LLP, 25 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5EY ISITC Europe CIC would like to thank the T+1 Forum secretariat Ernst and Young […]
This academic paper is written from research commissioned by the SWIFT Institute discusses the progress made towards T+1 and instantaneous settlement in financial markets, and industry preparedness for such a change. It covers the various equity settlement technologies and analyses how collateral, stock lending and margin requirements can impact the settlement processes. The debate on […]
In the video below Trip Chong, Director of Global Class Actions at Broadridge talks to Gary Wright, Director, ISITC Europe about the imminent threat of ESG Class Actions. He asks her to elaborate on why board members should be concerned with greenwashing and why is this becoming an issue? To explore this and other ESG […]
An ESG Forum Event Roundtable Discussion: The imminent threat of ESG class actions roundtable discussion Date: Wednesday 10th May 2023 Time: 12:45 – 13:15 Lunch – 13.15: Welcome/Opening Address – 13:20: Presentation by Trip Chong followed by roundtable discussion – 14:45 – 15:00 Close Location: The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, 20 Fenchurch street, London, […]
Thinking about T+1 – Is a crisis always obvious? How do you define a crisis? It may sound like a dumb question – surely, it’s obvious! If your house is on fire – certainly. But is it always obvious? The reason I raise this issue is the efficiency of post-trade operations in buyside firms. For […]
For immediate release ISITC Europe CIC – London, UK – 18 January 2023 To help the financial services industry address the growing focus on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues, ISITC Europe CIC, a not-for-profit industry body, which for the past 30 years has been a catalyst for collaborative innovation across the capital markets, is delighted […]
The move to T+1 measuring the impact on Market Resilience An Industry Research Consultation kindly hosted by the SIO Date: 22nd February 2023 Time: 3.30 – 5.45 Location: Edinburgh Training and Conference Venue, 16 St Mary’s St, Edinburgh EH1 1SU, UK ISITC Europe has been commissioned by the SWIFT Institute to conduct academic research into […]