As trading systems achieve lower levels of latency, the requirement for real time messaging, analytics and business intelligence becomes more acute. Operations managers need to know about the state of securities and trade processing regardless of client, financial product type, or settlement method. From another perspective, new regulations requirements, such as Dodd Frank in the United States, Mifid 2.0 in Europe, and Basel 3 are demanding more transparency and longer retention of transaction data.
But integration, straight through processing (STP) and overall visibility into payments and financial message processing is a fundamental issue. Poorly integrated systems not only make it difficult to increase the efficiency of processing, but also greatly hamper an institution’s ability to manage risk and market exposure.
Many institutions are implementing modern clearing hubs to centralize processing, reduce costs and manage risk, and an enterprise approach to message reconciliation also forms a key component of this. In all cases, a cohesive integration solution that supports industry standards is essential.
Financial Messaging
In capital markets the back office is becoming more important. Deal data from trading systems must be seamlessly integrated to clearing and settlement systems which demands data transformation, STP workflows, and strong reconciliation capabilities.
Financial messaging for payments, clearing, trade, securities and cash reporting has changed significantly in recent years. Standards organizations are now increasing collaboration and interoperability in data flows and message structures, often around XML ISO20022 and FIX. As message dictionaries become richer and more reusable, financial institutions have an opportunity to consolidate the management of their messaging infrastructure using tools that meet strict industry standards, yet give flexibility in defining workflows and STP rules.
Financial messaging solutions from Microsoft and our partners address the automation and reconciliation of financial transactions, enabling end-to-end straight-through processing of payments and securities between institutions, counterparties, and clearing houses. Find out more about Microsoft financial messaging possibilities using the BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT.