T+1 settlement

France urges Europe to step up work on faster stock market settlements

THE Bank of France and the country’s financial market regulator urged Europe on Monday to step up work on halving the time needed to settle a stock trade, which would allow Europe to catch up with Wal...

The US will halve the time taken to settle securities transactions from two business days to one next year.
BT EXPLAINS

What a T+1 settlement cycle in US means for financial institutions, investors

BY MID-2024, the United States will halve the time it takes to settle securities transactions from two business days to one.

Shortening the cycle to T+1 will not only have the greatest impact on the US domestically, but will also impact other regions, given the global reach of the US securities market.
WEALTH & INVESTING

Asian firms must tackle T+1 long before May

The road to meeting the shortened securities settlement cycle is fraught with challenges

For market participants in Asia-Pacific, T+1 settlement in the US would mean, in effect, only a few hours for operations teams to process trades, given the time-zone differences.
WEALTH & INVESTING

T+1 settlement – an uphill battle for Asia-Pacific

Asian markets must gear up for the impact of the SEC’s move to shorten US equities settlement cycle