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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.
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.
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.
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.
Andrzej Domaski Under the proposal, the standard settlement cycle for transactions in transferable securities such as shares and bonds traded on EU venues would be shortened from T+2 to T+1. A shorter settlement cycle of one day will make our capital markets more efficient, said Andrzej Domanski, Polands minister of finance.
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”. The post All signs point towards Europe aligning T+1 move with UK and Switzerland appeared first on The TRADE.
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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BME has announced a reform to Spain’s securities settlement system to improve efficiency, align the Spanish market with European standards, and prepare it for the T+1 settlement cycle by 2027. The post BME implements new reform to bolster Spanish settlement system appeared first on The TRADE.
This partnership marks a significant milestone in Euronexts Innovate for Growth 2027 strategy, reinforcing Euronext Clearings role as a cornerstone of the group’s broader strategic ambitions, said Anthony Attia, global head of derivatives and post-trade at Euronext.
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