Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2024

Deal financing became more difficult and expensive, placing more emphasis on alternative funding and value creation. In one of the most high-profile examples of this increased scrutiny, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) attempted to block Horizon Therapeutics’ $29.3 trillion – representing a 10-year low.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 27, 2025

The UKs Accelerated Settlement Taskforce (AST) is recommending that the UK moves to the T+1 settlement cycle for securities on 11 October 2027 in line with its European counterparts. The post UK confirms October 2027 alignment with EU and Switzerland for T+1 transition appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

On 6 February, the UKs Accelerated Settlement Taskforce (AST) published its report asserting a UK move to a T+1 settlement cycle by 11 October 2027, and listing a set of recommendations for the shift. Market participants should start planning now ahead of the 2025 budget process for project funding in 2026.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Looking ahead to next year, we anticipate that the buy-side will maintain a strong focus on best practices for FX risk mitigation, particularly in response to market volatility stemming from ongoing geopolitical risks and the continued trend for FX to be traded as an asset class.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Jim Kaye, Executive Director at the FIX Trading Community Next year will be the year of preparation. Market participants readiness for key milestones, like the anticipated go-live of the European consolidated tape (CTP) in 2025 or the transition to T+1 settlement in the UK/EU in 2027, will be critical to ensure long-term success.

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The TRADE

APRIL 16, 2025

We are encouraged to see such strong, early engagement from the industry ahead of the UKs transition to T+1 in 2027, said Andrew Douglas, chair of the UK Accelerated Settlement Taskforce. The post Industry engagement strong in Europe ahead of T+1 transition, finds survey appeared first on The TRADE. Challenges remain, however.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The plan includes a Code of Conduct for market participants, which confirms11 October 2027 will be the first trading date in UK cash equities forsettlementon aT+1cycle in line with the European Union and Switzerland. Primary regulation, UK CSDR, will be amended to reflect that T+1 will be mandatory from 11 October 2027.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The UK will move to T+1 on 11 October 2027, in line with the EU and Switzerland. However, the challenge currently lies in ensuring a successful migration by October 2027. Firms must act early to review and adapt their post-trade operations to ensure a seamless transition.

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The TRADE

MARCH 6, 2025

A gathered panel of T+1 experts at the FIX EMEA Trading conference were in agreement about the inevitability of an eventual further shift in settlement times and, appeared cautiously optimistic that firms are for the most part sufficiently aware of the need to innovate. Do you want to evolve, or do you want to go extinct?

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The TRADE

JANUARY 17, 2025

I think it’s similar to 2024 to some extent, the main challenges are going to be political and macroeconomic uncertainties and how that will impact traders trading strategy. Financial products are different in EM than in developed markets where products are more electronic, with more high frequency trading, etc.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 23, 2024

As the industry moves towards a consolidated tape and the looming T+1 deadline, established players will likely continue positioning themselves to expand their market share or protect their existing trading, data, and technology businesses. In 2025, we must challenge existing workflows and the status quo to innovate and compete globally.

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