Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB) has selected the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) Global Trade Repository (GTR) service to meet the firms regulatory obligations under the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR), which is expected to apply from April 2020.
“SEB has a longstanding relationship with DTCC and is very satisfied with our cooperation,” says Petra Tigerholm, Head of Markets Regulatory Reporting, at SEB. “Right now, SFTR is a major focus area, so choosing the right partner to deliver this project was of the upmost importance to us. We look forward to working together to deliver regulatory compliance for ourselves and our customers.”
To streamline client adoption of the service, DTCC recently added data transformation services to its SFTR offering, providing a one-stop shop for clients’ reporting needs. In addition, we announced new partnership agreements with several technology firms, including Broadridge, EquiLend/Trax, FIS Global, IHS Markit/Pirum, Murex, RegTek.Solutions and SimCorp. Today, GTR is processing 40 million open positions per week, and more than one billion messages per month for over 100,000 entities – brokers, buy-side firms and corporates in seven jurisdictions across 35 countries. More than 60 regulators around the world have access to GTR data, consistent with their regulatory mandates in each jurisdiction.
“DTCC is committed to helping our clients meet evolving regulatory reporting requirements, including SFTR,” says Chris Childs (pictured), President & CEO of DTCC Deriv/SERV. “SEB is a valued client and we’re delighted they will be leveraging our one-stop SFTR offering to fulfil their forthcoming regulatory obligations, and are ready to extend its capabilities to additional market participants in the coming months.”
From a simple onboarding process, to early pre-user acceptance testing (UAT), access to a fully functional user acceptance environment, testing tools and 24 x 7 production support, DTCC’s client implementation package allows firms to move seamlessly into production with confidence that they are compliance ready.
