LSEG launches TradeAgent to modernise derivatives processing
Developed with a consortium including Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi and JP Morgan, the platform seeks to streamline cleared and bilateral workflows.
Developed with a consortium including Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi and JP Morgan, the platform seeks to streamline cleared and bilateral workflows.
Collaboration combines Proxymity’s digital investor communications platform with Financial Recovery Technologies’ class action services to improve transparency and operational efficiency for investors.
Research points to higher costs and operational complexity for custodians in Europe, with meaningful harmonisation still likely years away.
The initiative represents an early phase of DTCC’s broader strategy to make DTC-custodied assets accessible on-chain.
The investment management giant has also invested in the fintech to support the firm’s next phase of growth.
BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley are among the banks taking a 20% ownership stake, in exchange for £170 million in the deal.