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Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman said the tech supporting trade settlement hasn t kept pace with the rest of the market. You have to change everything, to get to T+0 settlement, Friedman said.
Friedman made the comments at an industry fintech conference Wednesday.
Of the many issues to come out of the retail trading frenzy in stocks like GameStop earlier this year, one was a focus on the time it takes to settle equity trades.
At the time, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev even took to his company s website to decry the current structure of stock settlement. The
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Updated on May 6, 2021 at 12:00 pm
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Thursday marks the third U.S. House Committee on Financial Services hearing on GameStop, called Game Stopped? Who Wins and Loses When Short Sellers, Social Media, and Retail Investors Collide.
Money Report
Gensler vows to ensure compliance with Reg BI ‘as written’
In his first appearance on Capitol Hill since being confirmed as SEC chair, Gensler also addressed ESG and the gamification of investing.
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Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler told lawmakers Thursday that the agency would work to ensure that brokers comply with Regulation Best Interest, but he doesn’t seem to be inclined to overhaul the advice standard.
In his first virtual appearance on Capitol Hill since being confirmed as the SEC chief last month, Gensler indicated that the agency would concentrate on overseeing broker interactions with clients based on Reg BI, which went into force last June.
Traders Magazine
Reconciliations, valuations, collateral and fails management top areas of opportunity
Firms express support for accelerating the US securities settlement cycle
New York/London/Hong Kong/Singapore/Sydney, 21 April, 2021 ‒ The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today published a white paper examining how capital markets operations responded during the COVID-19 pandemic and where market participants are focused in a post-pandemic future.
In a new white paper, “Managing through a Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 on Capital Markets Operations”, buy and sell-side firms reported that, while their post-trade operations (Ops) and operations technology (OpsTech) proved largely resilient during the pandemic, several key challenges emerged as market volatility surged throughout 2020. The study was conducted with research assistance from McKinsey & Company, and was based on