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TradeServ: MarkitSERV FX and Credit Re-platform

TradeServ is the new technology stack from MarkitSERV for FX and credit trade confirmation, clearing and regulatory reporting services. The platform is live for confirmation and clearing of FX NDF, FX Options, FX Spot, FX Forward, and FX NDO. Credit, matching and confirmation will be added at a later date.

TradeServ is the product of our strategic technology vision to consolidate our post trade services onto one modern cloud enabled platform that will improve service delivery and the customer experience.

It is built on modern system architecture to deliver higher levels of flexibility, customization and utility. The improvements customers can expect include:

  • Easier access to your data to enable better trade and risk analytics
  • More flexible choices for integrating your trade and risk systems to MarkitSERV
  • Faster service updates in response to changing regulation and industry needs
  • Seamless connectivity to the new Trade Information Warehouse (TIW) in development by DTCC

TradeServ features:

  • Next-generation, cross-platform connectivity
  • AWS cloud-enabled solution
  • API driven technology
  • Functional micro-services architecture
  • Real-time streaming
  • Modern web interface
  • Secure and reliable MQ message submission and delivery system
  • Deep data sets in support of reconciliation and analytics
  • Platform as a service technology supporting end-to-end deliver
  • Standardized industry workflows and state management

Timeline

TradeServ currently supports FX NDF clearing. FX Options, FX Spot, FX Forward with FX NDO clearing will become available on the platform from November 2020. Credit matching and confirmation dates are to be confirmed at the end of Q3 2020.

Coordination with DTCC

Currently, DSMatch and the DTCC TIW share technology architecture for credit derivatives. In a highly coordinated migration, both firms are upgrading technologies and working to ensure that customer-facing change is as limited as possible. For any DTCC TIW queries, please contact: tiwreplatform@dtcc.com


Next steps

We have been providing information and comprehensive support to make the migration as easy as possible. If you have any questions please contact the TradeServ team at mserv_uat@ihsmarkit.com.

Please also sign up to our TradeServ mailing list and you will receive announcements, invites to working groups, demos, plus more. This page will be updated regularly with new information and resources as it becomes available.

Resources

TradeServ Credit One Pager

TradeServ Credit FAQ

Experts

Julian Chesser

He is responsible for the franchise across Asia Pacific, including all expansion into China and India. Mr. Chesser joined the firm in 2012 from Fidelity International, where he was COO for Fixed Income based in London. He was the Accountable Executive for a major technology re-stack including risk management and trading. He worked at J.P. Morgan from 1997 to 2002 in London, New York and Milan and was co-head of fixed income operations from 2000. Mr. Julian Chesser holds an LLB from the University of Warwick, UK, and completed his bar finals in London.

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Kirston Winters

Mr. Winters is co-head of product management for MarkitSERV, the largest, global service for processing OTC derivatives trades. He is also responsible for MarkitSERV's global cross-asset, real-time public and regulatory transaction reporting service that launched in 2011 and led product management for IHS Markit's MiFID II services.Prior to joining the firm in 2009, he served as director of business development at the DTCC Deriv/SERV LLC, subsidiary of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC). Early in his career, he worked at Barclays Capital in London, where he held various roles in OTC derivatives. Mr. Kirston Winters earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Manchester, UK.

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Simon Todd

Mr. Todd is Executive Director within the commercial and business development team for MarkitSERV, the derivatives post-trade processing service from IHS Markit. In his ten years with the firm, he has been instrumental in the design and implementation a wide range of products and workflows aimed at improving efficiency and reducing operational risk in OTC derivatives markets. Mr. Todd is active in numerous industry committees, including the ISDA Credit Market Infrastructure Group (CMIG), a leader in MarkitSERV's implementation of the revised ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions in 2014 and as the firm's work to facilitate regulatory trade reporting.Prior to joining the firm, he worked at Bank of America where he successfully introduced front to back office connectivity for the DTCC Trade Information Warehouse (TIW) achieving their regulatory mandates, driving operational efficiencies. Early in his career, he worked at J.P. Morgan as a CDS operations specialist. Mr. Todd graduated from Anglia University in the United Kingdom where he studied Business and Finance.

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