Post-Trade Forum

The Post Trade Forum's aim is to propagate debate and discussion between senior practitioners in Post Trade Operations in the global securities market; to bring about increased awareness and knowledge across both buy-side and sell-side financial institutions in financial products and be a focal point for firms and practitioners to air views.

Vipin Kumar Sharma IT and Consulting Delivery Manager at Infosys Ltd

Stock settlements just got faster in the US, but can they be even quicker?

In the past, buying or selling a stock meant waiting two business days for the trade to settle (T+2). This meant a two-day gap between agreeing on a price and actually receiving the stock and money. As of May 28, 2024, the US market has moved to a T+1 settlement cycle. Trades will now settle in one business day, reducing the risk involved f...

28 May 2024 /payments /regulation

Chandresh Pande Consultant at TCS

The Evolution and Prospects of FX Clearing

Abstract The financial crisis of 2008 was an inflection point for the financial markets which have never been the same since then. Rated one of the worst financial crises the world faced since the great depression in the 1930s, it led to an estimated loss of a whopping $19 trillion in net worth as stock markets plunged worldwide. Questionable high...

31 January 2024 /markets

Prasoon Mukherjee Director | Head of Securities Services | GSC-India at Societe Generale Bank

Large Language Models are not a solution for precise data extraction in banking.

In recent times, large language models (LLMs) have revolutionized the field of natural language processing, demonstrating impressive capabilities in understanding and generating human-like text. However, when it comes to sensitive and complex operations like those within the banking sector, there are valid concerns about relying on LLMs for the ex...

25 October 2023 /retail /wholesale

Justin Van Til SVP of Product, Marketing & Strategy at QUODD

T1 transition highlights the need for a modern market data stack

The speed at which money moves through and around our economy has never been faster. Whether you’re looking at P2P payment apps like Venmo, Bitcoin’s meteoric rise, or the recent rollout of the Federal Reserve’s FedNow instant payment service, paying and receiving money is barreling towards real time becoming the standard. After years of innovatio...

27 September 2023 /devops /markets

Aidan Murray Presales Consultant at Xceptor

Solving the Challenge of Bringing Automation into Financial Services

The financial services sector is complex and laden with niche specialisms. Companies have had to integrate a range of disparate tools and workflows to cope with such a convoluted and sensitive environment that’s set against a backdrop of countless market requirements. Although each tool and workflow provides a competitive advantage in specific mar...

10 May 2023 /markets

John Bevil Product Director, Capital Markets at Xceptor

T1 gets closer every day. Are you ready?

Firms operating in the capital markets space are used to adapting to regulatory change and constant market disruption. True though this may be, every so often, the ground beneath their feet cracks and groans in ways that even they are shaken from any creeping complacency. So it is with the impending T+1 settlement cycle. Scheduled to come into...

23 February 2023

Amita Choudhary Marketing Manager at Princeton Growth Accelerator

Companies Are Reporting Better Performances Than Wall Street Expected

Financial earnings in early 2021 turned out to be better than most were expecting. Ed Hyman—chairman and head of the economic research team for Evercore ISI—wrote in a note to clients, “There’s evidence every day that growth is clearly improving around the world, today from the US to Australia.” So far, first-quarter earnings have been reported by...

28 April 2021 /markets

Amita Choudhary Marketing Manager at Princeton Growth Accelerator

How Backtesting Can Change Your Entire Trading Strategy

While backtesting often gets ignored by beginner traders, it’s a very viable approach that can produce unexpected results when applied correctly. Of course, it’s not a magic wand that can automatically solve all problems you’re having in your current trading situation, but it can significantly improve your chances for the future. This is especiall...

18 January 2021 /markets

Amita Choudhary Marketing Manager at Princeton Growth Accelerator

How to Use RSI for Day Trading?

Among different useful oscillators which traders can identify, RSI or Relative Strength Indicator is the most reliable and renowned momentum indicator. Day traders use it to gain profits during intraday but some find it hard to read due to its infrequent trading signals. It’s well-known that most intraday traders utilize RSI for getting optimal r...

11 September 2020 /markets

Matthew Ruoss CEO at Scorpeo UK

The billion-dollar oversight investment managers make every year

Every year, hundreds of Scrip dividends are issued by companies. Managers must make a relatively straightforward decision: take a cash dividend or take additional shares. It’s the duty of the manager to select the option that proves most lucrative to their clients. Unfortunately, many managers and advisers either opt for the less profitable option ...

31 March 2020 /wealth /markets