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MARCH 28, 2024

The UK’s Accelerated Settlement Taskforce has recommended a two-phased approach to shortening the settlement cycle beginning with operational changes in 2025 and a full transition by the end of 2027. More than 80 trade associations and industry participants have volunteered to support the Technical Group.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

In a new report, the task force stated that this followed a range of views being expressed as to whether the date identified for the UK transition, H2 2027, could also be a feasible implementation date for the EU. In addition, pre-settlement matching was noted as being essential to identify and remediate potential issues as soon as possible.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

One other point was that there should be a recommendation, but not a regulatory requirement, to transition the mutual fund subscription and redemption settlement cycle to T+2 from the common T+3/4 in the UK and other popular EEA fund jurisdictions to coincide with the UK, EU and Swiss transition to T+1 in capital markets.

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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. A few bps matter,” said Jim Goldie, EMEA head of capital markets, ETFs and indexed strategies, Invesco.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

With regards to a timeline ESMA acknowledged the high level of interconnectedness between the EU capital markets and those in other jurisdictions in Europe, highlighting how a coordinated approach across Europe is “desirable”.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

Following the US shift to T+1 settlement in May, the UK is gearing up for a 2027 shift and set to benefit from “second mover advantage” according to Andrew Douglas, chair of the T+1 technical group (TGT) of the UK Accelerated Settlement taskforce (AST).

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

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