Operations
A rookie’s guide to tokenised Treasuries
What are DTCC’s digital US government debt securities? How do tokenised repo and other transactions work? These questions, and others, answered
Governing AI execution as institutional infrastructure
Drawn from discussions at a June 2026 AI governance roundtable in New York, convened in collaboration with Cisco
Have regulators gone soft on enforcement? (And should we care?)
US agencies are scaling back punishments for technical rule breaches, raising concerns that small but crucial risks may be ignored
The infrastructure gap: Capital markets operations 2026
When institutional adoption outpaces operational reality
Future-proofing the client lifecycle: A COO’s blueprint for scalable, compliant growth
Learn how capital markets COOs are transforming the client lifecycle to reduce costs, accelerate onboarding and scale operations – without increasing headcount.
EU officials tamp down hopes for bank capital relief
Capital cuts are not a done deal in EC’s review of competitiveness, despite US deregulation
Vendor spotlight: Credit lending operations, 2025
Crisil’s Credit+ platform is a modular, enterprise credit lending and operations platform on a microservices-based architecture
Beyond the hype, tokenisation can fix the pipework
Blockchain tech offers slicker and cheaper ops for illiquid assets, explains digital expert
The digital sentinel: artificial intelligence and the mitigation of corporate litigation risk
The authors investigates relationships between strategic AI adoption and corporate litigation risk, finding that increased strategic adoption leads to a net reduction in this form of risk.
SGX fortifies its defences to ward off tomorrow’s outages
Exchange operator fosters “breach mentality” to help prepare for business disruption, explains risk chief
Responsible AI is about payoffs as much as principles
How one firm cut loan processing times and improved fraud detection without compromising on governance
Streamlining trade execution and operations through interoperability
How financial institutions can benefit from State Street’s suite of trading platforms, GlobalLINK
How has the anti-corruption campaign affected operational efficiency? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China
The authors analyze how China's anti-corruption campaign impacted operational efficiency, and offer suggestions for policymakers in emerging economies hoping to improve corporate performance through institutional reforms.
Invite us to your cyber war games, Finra urges members
Risk Live North America: Regulators and broker-dealers would benefit if watchdogs had a seat at the table during these exercises, says senior Finra exec
Best operations or back-office solution: Murex
Murex’s MX.3 platform underpins trading operations across Apac, supporting institutions in automation of the lifecycle of bilateral and cleared trades
Ice Credit below availability target after six-hour op failure
May 5 outage longest since public disclosure began in 2015
Is 2027 the new 24-hour trading target?
Slew of technical issues and dearth of SEC staff compound exchanges’ reluctance for round-the-clock equity trading
Bank ALM system of the year: Prometeia
Reflecting the strength of Prometeia’s ALM platform and the firm’s alignment with the needs of modern risk and performance management
CME suffers longest op failures in seven years
Outages totalled over 13 hours in 12-month period
Start planning for post-quantum risks now
Next-gen quantum computers will require all financial firms to replace the cryptography that underpins cyber defences, writes fintech expert
Why JP Morgan’s Santos wants to make bad news travel fast
Asset management CRO says sharing information early holds the key to avoiding surprises