Financial Technologies Forum (FTF), now in its 20th year of business, is making public the winners of the 2026 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards program, reflecting a mix of established players and newcomers gaining new ground in 2025. The FTF Awards program — which got its start 15 years ago — celebrates the top providers,… Read More >>
The Buy Side Is Riding the Tokenization Wave
A new survey-based report finds that buy-side firms are embracing tokenization strategies because they will broaden the investor community by “democratizing access to tokenized assets,” and more than half of survey respondents have a team focused on tokenization-related or digital assets initiatives. The new report, “Tokenization gaining altitude: From pilot projects to industry standard,” is… Read More >>
SEC Pushes to Rescind Climate Disclosure Rules
Whatever you may think of the current configuration of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), it is not shy about diving into controversy, such as the climate disclosure rules that emerged during the Biden administration. The SEC just issued an official proposal for “the rescission of overly burdensome and costly rules that require companies… Read More >>
Broadridge Builds Bridges to Digital Asset Operations
Broadridge Financial Solutions reports that it is responding in multiple ways to clients who say that digital assets and tokenization are becoming central to their investors’ portfolios. As a provider of multiple services, systems, and applications for securities operations, Broadridge reports that it has extended its governance platform, reached out to Canadian wealth managers, and… Read More >>
FTF Awards Nominees Reflect Industry Dynamics
The nominations are out for the 2026 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards program — now in its 15th year — and the nominees represent industry surges toward cutting-edge instruments and technologies, such as digital assets and generative A.I. The nominations also reflect the dynamics of the securities industry, such as the major shift toward private… Read More >>
The Fed Clarifies How to Handle Tokenized Securities
The tokenization of securities must be taking off as Federal Reserve officials have recently compiled a useful set of frequently asked questions (FAQs), entitled “Capital Treatment of Tokenized Securities Frequently Asked Questions,” that is providing much-needed clarity. Among other helpful aspects, the FAQ sheet offers a definition of tokenized securities via distributed ledger technology (DLT),… Read More >>
Broadridge to Acquire CQG & Combine Trading Platforms
Broadridge Financial Solutions, a securities operations systems and services provider, plans to acquire CQG, a well-established provider of futures and options trading, execution management, and market connectivity, and create a more effective single, front-to-back-office, multi-class trading platform that leverages offerings from both companies, officials say. The combined offering to come will be “designed to better… Read More >>
Time to Unify the SEC & CFTC?
Should the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) become a single, unified regulator? It’s not a new question, and recently I have been asking industry veterans if now is a good time to unite the regulators as a way of achieving regulatory efficiencies. But Timothy G. Massad,… Read More >>
FIS Targets ‘Overlooked Post-Trade Infrastructure’
Financial technology provider FIS has launched the FIS Asset Servicing Management Suite, which company officials say is “a comprehensive suite of automated and integrated solutions” intended to “unlock operational efficiency” in asset servicing. “The suite combines the traditionally separate critical functions of corporate actions processing, proxy voting, class actions claims, operational claims, and tax reclaim… Read More >>
S&P Global to Acquire ‘With Intelligence’
Financial data and analytics provider S&P Global has announced that it is acquiring With Intelligence, a provider of data, intelligence, and connections for the global asset management industry, in a deal worth $1.8 billion. The seller is a group led by majority investor Motive Partners, a private investment firm. Officials expect the deal to close… Read More >>
