The TRADE

JULY 3, 2024

The shift to T+1 in the US can largely be described as a success – affirmation rates remain comfortably high, fail rates have stayed reasonably low and FX trades don’t appear to have shifted to bilateral settlement as feared. Jim Goldie “The impact on a Thursday is that brokers need to fund for another three days.

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The TRADE

JULY 23, 2024

The first step is a prerequisite to the second and will involve all trades being confirmed/allocated “as soon as practicable and no later than on trade date”. The UK put together a taskforce in 2022, releasing its first report in March this year which confirmed that the UK should move to T+1 no later than December 2027.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

What are the costs associated with opening a North American FX trading desk? Each trader will need a terminal depending on the trading platform being used, which carries a considerable cost. All of that is the bare minimum set up and the cost of those items are necessary when considering opening a trading desk.

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The TRADE

JUNE 21, 2024

The current timeline for the UK appears to include a plan being put in place in 2025 with the implementation of a T+1 settlement cycle in UK occurring no later than 31 December 2027. When we proposed the rule in February 2022, only about two-thirds (68%) of transactions were being affirmed on trade day.

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