This year saw increased regulatory hurdles, a push for sustainability and accountability, and the continued specter of COVID-19 shape the corporate actions and securities processing world. IHS Markit listened to the needs of our buy-side and sell-side communities to enhance our products to help your firm grow in 2022 and beyond.

A recent panel discussion with industry experts from Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and IHS Markit revealed key insights on how COVID-19 has impacted the world of corporate actions. This blog explores the ways in which the pandemic has forced firms to transform their corporate actions operations to keep up with recent industry trends around managed services and technological advancements.

Understanding the impact of corporate actions is necessary when contemplating the right investment strategy. This impact is driven by timely awareness, accuracy, and attention to detail. In this blog, IHS Markit's Managed Corporate Actions™ team will discuss some of the most dominant corporate actions announced each month and the roles they take in the marketplace. Read more

For firms with asset servicing functions, executing their business strategy better, faster, and cost-efficiently has never been more critical. IHS Markit’s Madhu Ramu looks at the key trends in corporate actions and how managed services can be leveraged to transform corporate actions operations? Read more.

The pandemic has shone a light on the need for accelerated adoption of new tools that will drive inorganic innovation and growth in the asset servicing space. Asset Servicing Times recently ran and Innovation Panel where panelists, including IHS Markit, discussed how technology will help asset managers find a competitive edge and innovate their solutions. Read the full article.

Over the past 18 months, the pandemic and the Robinhood saga have put operational risk in asset servicing under the spotlight, as experts say replacing legacy systems and treating operational risk holistically will help companies manage it with greater robustness. Read full article

As the world of asset servicing becomes more global and diverse, the complexity of corporate actions is increasing with it. The ever-elusive 'Golden Record' continues to haunt all functions, while the operations teams managing these functions are looking to shift towards more analytical tasks. These two factors along with increased regulatory pressures drive significant demand for outsourcing corporate actions functions. Read this post on how IHS Markit recognized these challenges and launched the Managed Corporate Actions - Agent Validation Service (AVS). Read blog post.

The DLT Voice of the Customer Working Group (WG), with participation from IHS Markit, recently conducted a survey of Asset Owners and Investment Managers to highlight where they are on their journey towards DLT based investments (tokenised assets, Crypto currencies). The intent was to understand their motivations and challenges as well as validate what they want and need from the Securities Services industry. Please read this article to find out more.

In this recent Asset Servicing Times article, our own Richard Wilson, and other contributors discuss how the Nordics boast a harmonised infrastructure, which works particularly well when responding to regulation, but technology will be the key to unlock further opportunities for success

Members of the International Securities Services Association (ISSA), including IHS Markit, formed a working group to assess the state of adoption of ISO 20022 in the securities industry. ISSA released its report and IHS Markit presents its insights and key takeaways. Read our blog post and the full ISSA report.

Although the COVID-19 pandemic saw the corporate actions industry face many challenges, it has provided a significant catalyst to change. Industry experts discuss the lack of standardisation, increasing external demands, the optimum vision for corporate actions space and more. Read full article

For investment banks and brokers in the Asia Pacific region, the trading landscape is changing rapidly and creating a new sense of urgency around the need for operational efficiency, especially when it comes to corporate actions processing.

Experts say DLT has the potential to open the floor to all kinds of innovations if it can become a regulatory and legally integral part of Germany’s business. Read this recent article by Maddie Saghir at Asset Servicing Times with comment from our own Ankush Zutshi. Read full article.