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Distressed loans using US documentation are some of the slow trades to settle in the capital markets, with an average time of 67 days, reflecting onerous legal requirements under the Loan Syndication and Trading Association standard terms. A new tool released by IHS Markit as part of its ClearPar loan settlement platform has the potential to slash this delay, with a recent trade by Deutsche Bank taking just 10 days to settle. -
Chinese president Xi Jinping triggered a jump in the prices of blockchain-related stocks this week after hailing blockchain as the centrepiece of the country’s technology innovation in a Politburo study session. Xi's comments came as the People’s Bank of China plans to roll out its central bank digital currency.
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After a lacklustre start to life, momentum is building on Bakkt’s physically delivered bitcoin futures, with the exchange hitting a record trading volume this week and the venture announcing new options contracts on those futures.
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One of the main aims of the European Distribution of Debt Instruments Initiative (EDDI) is to achieve greater harmonisation across eurozone bond markets. But if there is no incentive to use it, EDDI will become just another platform.
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Commerzbank, Deutsche Börse and asset manager MEAG have made further progress in adopting blockchain technology in post-trade services.
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Investment banks have voiced their criticisms of the European Distribution of Debt Instruments (EDDI) project, saying that the private sector already has solutions to the primary bond market’s problems, according to responses to the European Central Bank’s (ECB) market consultation seen by GlobalCapital.
