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Modernizing UK Trade Settlement Standard: The Road Ahead

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The Accelerated Settlement Taskforce is currently examining a potential migration by the U.K. from a so-called T+2 to a T+1 settlement standard, i.e., reducing the time it takes for securities transactions to settle, having...more

Burr & Forman

SEC Proposes T+1 Settlement: Back to the Future

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In the 1920s, Wall Street cleared and settled trades by the end of the day after the trade instruction (“T+1”). Over the years, that cycle bloated to T+4, to T+3 in 1993, and then T+2 in 2017. Last week, the SEC proposed to...more

Jones Day

SEC Staff Grants No-Action Relief to Blockchain Clearing Agency - The action may lead to the SEC's broader acceptance of...

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On October 28, 2019, the SEC's Division of Trading and Markets granted no-action relief for a limited period of time to Paxos Trust Company, LLC from registration as a clearing agency under Section 17A(b)(1) of the Securities...more

McDermott Will & Emery

SEC Director Makes Groundbreaking Speech about Blockchain Token Sales

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The Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance William Hinman gave a speech in which he discussed whether a digital asset originally offered as a security can become something other than a security over time. The...more

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