POSTTRADE 360°

VIDEO | To outsource or not to outsource, that’s the question. At the PostTrade 360° Nordic 2024 conference, Rob Verheul of Achmea Investment Management and Ulrik Modigh, formerly of Nordea Asset Management, gave the audience both sides of the story in the session titled “In-house versus outsourcing – striking the perfect balance for the operating model”. With Rob Verheul (Achmea Investment Management), Ulrik Modigh (Nordea Asset Management) and Bastiaan Aalders (Alpha FMC)

VIDEO | Facing mounting regulatory pressures, fee compression, and rising client expectations, Nordic custodians are navigating a critical balance between operational scale and innovation. At PostTrade 360° Nordic 2024, industry experts examined how evolving technologies like AI and blockchain, combined with strategic partnerships and a client-centered approach, are shaping the future of custodial services. Though regulatory demands and cost constraints present significant challenges, speakers highlighted new paths to differentiation, particularly by enhancing service offerings and embracing flexible, forward-looking infrastructure. With Niklas Nyberg (SEB), Hans Martin Aulie (DNB), Richard Wilson (S&P Global) and Mads Arildsen-Walin (Danske Bank)

COLUMN – Vinod Jain | Through the past ten years, the landscape of financial oversight and risk management has seen a transformation that is nothing short of remarkable. Join Vinod Jain for a look at the progress made – and the challenges that still lie ahead. Looking to robust, automated compliance assurance tools is a tip.

Contrary to common consensus, the UK, EU, and Switzerland should transition to T+1 in the autumn of 2026, says The Investment Association (IA). In a recently published position paper on the shortening of the settlement cycle, the organisation laid out the views of its member firms gathered from a survey conducted in July this year.

VIDEO | Tokenisation and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) could soon redefine liquidity management in financial markets, according to experts during the session “Intraday liquidity management, part 1: The sell-side themes” at PostTrade360°. Through tokenisation, financial institutions could access liquidity in real time, rather than waiting the typical two-day (T+2) settlement period. “If we do tokenise, does tokenisation help us in some way around the liquidity area?” asked moderator Olaf Ransome, sparking a discussion on whether digital assets might offer solutions that traditional settlement cycles cannot. With Ross Dilworth (RDX strategy), Nick Jepson (Liquidity Consultants), Nicolas Nadeau (National Bank of Canada) and Brian Nolan (Finteum)

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI), under the Bank for International Settlements – BIS, recently published a report to the G20 titled “Tokenisation in the context of money and other assets: concepts and implications for central banks”. Focusing on the potential impacts tokenisation could have on existing frictions in financial markets, the paper proposes four key considerations for central banks.

VIDEO | Regulatory and technological changes have pushed an evolution in collateral management in the 16 years following the 2008 financial crisis. In the session titled “New possibilities in collateral management” at the PostTrade 360° Nordic 2024 conference, a panel of experts took a look at what the sector looks like today. With Gael Delaunay (Clearstream), Olivier Grimonpont (Euroclear), Ingrid Garin (BNY) and Juha Sternberg (BNP Paribas)

VIDEO | Asia is rapidly becoming the epicenter of global investment, with shifts in capital flows, technological innovations, and regulatory advancements driving the region’s financial growth. Emerging markets like China, India, and Indonesia are leading this transformation, attracting both retail and institutional investors. These trends were highlighted during the PostTrade 360° Nordic 2024 session on how Asia and other emerging markets are responding to global investment patterns. With Anand Rengarajan (Deutsche Bank) and Sean Tuffy.

VIDEO | Avanza Bank has completed the complex overhaul of its core systems, a project compared by experts during a session at PostTrade 360° Nordic 2024 to “open heart surgery during a marathon.” Faced with the decommissioning of Nasdaq’s Wiser system, the bank was under immense pressure to transition to a new platform while maintaining daily operations. Through rigorous testing, strategic prioritisation, and collaboration with technology partner Tietoevry, Avanza navigated the challenges and emerged with a fully functional, modern system. With Richard Rousset (Tietoevry), Hugo Sundkjer (Tietoevry Banking) and Lina Troëng (Avanza Bank) Hosted by Tietoevry

VIDEO | Data – the regulators call for it, and investors are making decisions based on it. We have entered a data-centric era, but can the current quality of data carry the burden of expectations put on it? In the session titled “The ESG data conundrum for asset managers” at the PostTrade 360° Nordic 2024 conference, five experts took to the stage to dissect the issue. With John Erikmats (SEB), Therese Niklasson (Newton Investment Management), Valeria Dinershteyn-Kreeft, CFA (Northern Trust Asset Management), Didier Haenecour (Euroclear) and Cecilia Cisana (Morningstar Sustainalytics)