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 […]