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In December 2026, leading US exchanges (including Nasdaq, NYSE and 24X) are expected to begin offering live trading for cash equities on a 24x7 basis. The DTCC will already begin 23x5 clearing of these securities in June 2026.  It’s a change to trading hours, but a transformational shift in operational and processing requirements for US market participants. It will create significant new pressures...

One week on from The Network Forum Africa, which took place in London, we debrief on the major talking points coming out of the event. What are the investment trends, regulatory changes, and digital asset innovation across the continent?   In episode 7 of our Xchange podcast, Barnaby Nelson (CEO), Emma Johnson (Head of Industry Advocacy and Insight) and Mark Brannigan (Head of Xchange product) tal...

Recording directly from Hong Kong, after a few weeks of meetings and engagements across the region, we debrief on the major talking points coming out of those conversations. What’s the business case for T+1 in Asia, or are there other digital priorities? And what could 24/5 in the US mean for the region?  In episode 6 of our Xchange podcast, Barnaby Nelson (CEO), Jean-Remi Lopez (Senior Advisor fo...

The European Central Bank (ECB) announcement on the acceptance of tokenised securities as eligible collateral is big! What will it change? What do you need to know, and what do you need to do?    In episode 5 of our Xchange podcast, Barnaby Nelson (CEO), Emma Johnson (Head of Industry Advocacy and Insight) and Mark Brannigan (Head of Xchange Product) talk through: What this all means, and why it i...

Is 2026 the year that the industry improves asset servicing operations? Or, being right in the middle of movie award season, are we still going through Groundhog Day?   Episode 4 of our Xchange podcast with Barnaby Nelson (CEO), Martin Lawrence (Chief Customer Officer) and Mark Brannigan (Head of Xchange Product) talks through: Some key happenings : 24 by 5 trading and 23 by 5 clearing, T+1 progre...

Money is a technology that humans invented to help us navigate an increasingly complex world. This episode explores stablecoins as another significant step in financial technology, their importance, the risks and challenges, and the institutional perspective on their adoption.  Episode 3 of our Xchange podcast with Barnaby Nelson (CEO), Emma Johnson (Head of Industry Advocacy and Insight) and Mark...

Does the administrative coordination of Pheasants Island offer a glimpse of European progress and cooperation? Maybe not, but in this episode we talk about all things Europe and provide a wide ranging overview of the main post-trade stories in the region.  Episode 2 of our new Xchange podcast with Barnaby Nelson (CEO), Emma Johnson (Head of Industry Advocacy and Insight) and Mark Brannigan (Head o...

13.1 billion dollars was the expected total spend for Halloween in 2025 in the US. How does the horror of halloween align with the potential fear of T+1 and funding?  Episode 1 of our new Xchange podcast with Barnaby Nelson (CEO), Emma Johnson (Head of Industry Advocacy and Insight) and Mark Brannigan (Head of Xchange product) chat about: Some key happenings: America moving at lightspeed, ESMA&apo...

Our latest World to Africa 2025 podcast unpacks the forces driving record allocations into the continent, featuring Standard Bank, BNY, and The ValueExchange.  🎙️ In this episode:   ✅ $3.7B of new flows from underweight investors   ✅ 40% portfolio growth projected by 2027   ✅ 75% AUM growth from asset managers   ✅ Private markets and digital infrastructure leading the way 

Our Path to 2030 podcast series with @FIS® brings together experts from APAC, North America, and Europe to unpack how firms are preparing their operations for the decade ahead.  What you’ll hear:    🔶 APAC: Jean-Remi Lopez and Jon Hodges   - 61% of back offices need urgent change while innovation spend surges 🔶 North America: Barnaby Nelson and Matthew Stauffer   - $155m annual budgets colliding...

Our Path to 2030 podcast series with FIS® brings together experts from APAC, North America, and Europe to unpack how firms are preparing their operations for the decade ahead.  What you’ll hear:    🔶 APAC: Jean-Remi Lopez and Jon Hodges   - 61% of back offices need urgent change while innovation spend surges 🔶 North America: Barnaby Nelson and Matthew Stauffer   - $155m annual budgets colliding...

Our Path to 2030 podcast series with FIS® brings together experts from APAC, North America, and Europe to unpack how firms are preparing their operations for the decade ahead.  What you’ll hear:    🔶 APAC: Jean-Remi Lopez and Jon Hodges   - 61% of back offices need urgent change while innovation spend surges 🔶 North America: Barnaby Nelson and Matthew Stauffer   - $155m annual budgets colliding...

In our new podcast with Horacio and Paul from Broadridge, we look at how DLR is transforming repo and collateral:   ✅ USD 6 tn in tokenised repo in July 2025   ✅ Volumes doubled in 12 months   ✅ Intraday repo delivering liquidity and capital relief   ✅ Digital cash and stablecoins making atomic settlement real  Firms are moving from pilot to production. This is where efficiency meets real-worl...

What is the case for asset servicing automation in 2024 and where are firms focusing today in reducing cost and risk across corporate actions and proxy voting? Drawing on the latest statistical insights from our “Asset Servicing Automation 2024” industry research campaign (led by Broadridge, DTCC and ISSA), William Hodash (of ISSA) and Pradeep Raos (of ISSA) discuss today’s challenges, ambitions a...

What is the case for asset servicing automation in 2024 and where are firms focusing today in reducing cost and risk across corporate actions and proxy voting? Drawing on the latest statistical insights from our “Asset Servicing Automation 2024” industry research campaign (led by Broadridge, DTCC and ISSA), John Kirkpatrick (of Broadridge), Scott Grant (of Broadridge) and Patrick Barthel (of DTCC)...

Why, where and how should global investors be planning their African investment strategies in 2024? In this first episode of our World to Africa series (in partnership with Standard Bank), Stephen Barnes and Hari Chaitanya walk through the major areas of opportunity in Africa today and look at what market structure changes foreign investors need to be tracking.

In this latest episode of our DLT in the Real World Series (run in partnership with ISSA), James Fok explains how the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s CMU has delivered efficiencies of over 1,000 hours per bond issuance, through its Evergreen and Genesys initiatives.  

As one of the most mature DLT-based platforms in the capital markets, Clearstream’s D7 is now reaching a point of critical scale with over 1000 new issuances every month. In this latest episode of the DLT in the Real World podcast series (run with ISSA), Jens Hachmeister and Thilo Derenbach walk through the latest outlook on the D7 journey – and explain why “Just because something works on a small...

In this latest episode of our DLT in the Real World series, Vishal Gupta from NSDL explains how DLT is transforming the issuance and management of debentures in India - with adoption rates of over 70%.

In this episode, part of our latest series of ‘DLT in The Real World’, run in partnership with ISSA, we discuss how DLT creates unique opportunities to the African market.

The voluntary carbon markets face a unique challenge: they have to do in decades what other financial markets have done in 125 years in terms of maturity. And we can’t afford to fail. In this deep dive discussion, Roland Chai at Nasdaq explains the key challenges and opportunities for the world’s carbon markets – underlining a clear path to scalable market growth.

In this fascinating episode Horacio Barakat and Paul Chiappetta join Barnaby Nelson to discuss how DLR is already delivering on "phase 2" treasury benefits - well beyond the operational savings that were first envisaged. As one of the most mature uses of DLT in our markets, this is great evidence of the continuing and evolving benefits of the technology.

How important is shareholder governance? What needs to be done to fix the current issues on shareholder governance? With expert insights from Bill Hodash (ISSA), George Harris (FIS), Michael Kemper (Proximity) and Vicky Dean (Goal), we explore the current challenges in shareholder governance impacting today’s ESG and the solutions for a brighter future.

What is the case behind tokenisation in securities finance? Against a backdrop of highly disparate and manual processes, DLT and tokenisation is emerging as a leading solution to the issues of reconciliations, delivery issues and balance sheet challenges. In this #vxInsight episode, Kelly Mathieson (of Digital Asset) an Ken DeGiglio (Equilend) discuss the opportunities and deployment journey of DL...