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Mitigate bilateral FX settlement risk, while optimising intraday funding and liquidity, using our on-demand Payment vs Payment (PvP) settlement orchestration service.
Mitigate bilateral FX settlement risk, while optimising intraday funding and liquidity, using our on-demand Payment vs Payment (PvP) settlement orchestration service.
FX settlement is in sharp focus for market participants and regulators alike.
A steady increase in FX market volumes and diverse counterparties has led to an increased number of trades exposed to bi-lateral settlement risk, while shrinking timeframes in securities settlement are forcing firms to review processes and timings in FX settlement in order to match funding windows.
Against this backdrop, OSTTRA has partnered with Baton Systems to bring new levels of scalability and flexibility to bilateral FX PvP settlement. The service provides on-demand, intra-day netting and settlement orchestration of FX transactions between counterparties, reducing settlement risk and providing flexible control of intraday liquidity and funding optimisation, including same day settlement. Backed by a comprehensive rulebook and powered by proven DLT technology, the service can be used between wholesale counterparties, across all currency pairs.
Reduce Settlement Risk & Increase Trading Capacity
The solution allows firms to efficiently mitigate Herstatt risk in FX trades. The service leverages a rulebook and a distributed ledger to achieve final settlement through the simultaneous exchange of funds on an intraday basis, increasing trading capacity.
Optimise Intraday Liquidity & Funding
By netting and settling intraday and on demand, the service helps to optimise liquidity and funding, removing the constraints of cut-off windows and the costs of pre-funding nostro accounts, with the full payment and settlement process complete in just 3 minutes.
PvP Across All Currencies & Counterparties
The solution allows firms to manage PvP settlement across all currency pairs and wholesale counterparties, including emerging markets currencies, without the need to access the central bank accounts required by existing multilateral PvP infrastructure.
Reduce Operational Overheads
The service provides automation, control and transparency through the end to end post trade lifecycle, reducing the risk of failures and allowing rapid resolution and resubmission when breaks do occur.
Innovate with minimal disruption
The only live bilateral PvP service in the market, the solution embraces the efficiency and immutability of a distributed ledger, while integrating seamlessly with existing banking systems and payment rails, leading to faster deployment and realisation of benefits.
Scalable and Secure Deployment
Designed for the rigours of institutional capital markets, our highly scalable, single tenant, cloud-based infrastructure has settled trillions of dollars in production and is fully compliant with SOC2-Type 2 standards.
Mark Williamson, Global Head of FX & Commodities Partnerships & Propositions at HSBC
The OSTTRA FX network can capture, allocate and match your trades, however you execute. Direct submission of these matched trades into our PvP service minimises integration challenges.
Continuous bilateral netting of transactions creates flexible netting groups that can be settled according to customisable rules agreed by the counterparties, including the ability to split, driving greater settlement efficiency.
Once the payment process is initiated, the service generates an instruction to be sent via each participant’s existing payment gateway, instigating payment from their funding account to their dedicated PvP settlement account.
Once the service recognises that each of the settlement accounts are in receipt of all of the required funds, the ledger performs a simultaneous and instantaneous (PvP) change of ownership. Final settlement is governed by the Rulebook.
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