NSD Teams Up with Bloomberg to Test New Tri-Party OTC Repo Service
- The service will help foster and enable more streamlined processing of repo transactions with securities baskets.

The National Settlement Depository (NSD), a non-bank financial institution and central securities depository, has begun the testing phase of a new collateral management service for over-the-counter (OTC) repos together with Bloomberg, exploring interactions with the informational and tri-party services, per a NSD statement.
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The initial testing began earlier this month, occurring in part with the Moscow Exchange Group’s (MOEX) services. The newly tested service will eventually help foster and enable more streamlined processing of repo transactions with securities baskets.
This is achieved by leveraging the NSD’s existing collateral management system – opting for the NSD’s system was important as it is similar in nature to the functionality being deployed for repos with the Bank of Russia, Federal Treasury and for other on-exchange repos, with general collateral certificates.
For its part, Bloomberg boasts some of the most extensive data and Analytics Analytics Analytics may be defined as the detection, analysis, and relay of consequential patterns in data. Analytics also seeks to explain or accurately reflect the relationship between data and effective decision making. In the trading space, analytics are applied in a predictive manner in an attempt to more accurately forecast the price. This predictive model of analytics generally involves the analysis of historical price patterns that are used in an attempt to determine certain price outcomes. Analyt Analytics may be defined as the detection, analysis, and relay of consequential patterns in data. Analytics also seeks to explain or accurately reflect the relationship between data and effective decision making. In the trading space, analytics are applied in a predictive manner in an attempt to more accurately forecast the price. This predictive model of analytics generally involves the analysis of historical price patterns that are used in an attempt to determine certain price outcomes. Analyt Read this Term capabilities in the market. Together with the NSD, the new tri-party service will emphasize improved reliability and overall convenience in the Execution Execution Execution is the process during which a client submits an order to the brokerage, which consequently executes it resulting in an open position in a given asset. The execution of the order occurs only when it is filled. There is typically a time delay between the placement of the order and the execution which is called latency.In the retail FX space, reliable brokers always strive to deliver best execution to their clients in order to maintain a solid business relationship with them. This is a co Execution is the process during which a client submits an order to the brokerage, which consequently executes it resulting in an open position in a given asset. The execution of the order occurs only when it is filled. There is typically a time delay between the placement of the order and the execution which is called latency.In the retail FX space, reliable brokers always strive to deliver best execution to their clients in order to maintain a solid business relationship with them. This is a co Read this Term of repo transactions.
As such, this will include several new features such as collateral for transactions formed on an individual basis. Moreover, on the new tri-party service, securities will be able to be substituted within the term of the transaction, possessing better access to the system via NSD’s Web-Client.
Finally, the new service will come equipped with mark-to-market and margining, as well as automated reporting on transactions to the NSD Repository. Currently the NSD and Bloomberg are targeting a commercial launch of the service for March 2017.
The National Settlement Depository (NSD), a non-bank financial institution and central securities depository, has begun the testing phase of a new collateral management service for over-the-counter (OTC) repos together with Bloomberg, exploring interactions with the informational and tri-party services, per a NSD statement.
To unlock the Asian market, register now to the iFX EXPO in Hong Kong.
The initial testing began earlier this month, occurring in part with the Moscow Exchange Group’s (MOEX) services. The newly tested service will eventually help foster and enable more streamlined processing of repo transactions with securities baskets.
This is achieved by leveraging the NSD’s existing collateral management system – opting for the NSD’s system was important as it is similar in nature to the functionality being deployed for repos with the Bank of Russia, Federal Treasury and for other on-exchange repos, with general collateral certificates.
For its part, Bloomberg boasts some of the most extensive data and Analytics Analytics Analytics may be defined as the detection, analysis, and relay of consequential patterns in data. Analytics also seeks to explain or accurately reflect the relationship between data and effective decision making. In the trading space, analytics are applied in a predictive manner in an attempt to more accurately forecast the price. This predictive model of analytics generally involves the analysis of historical price patterns that are used in an attempt to determine certain price outcomes. Analyt Analytics may be defined as the detection, analysis, and relay of consequential patterns in data. Analytics also seeks to explain or accurately reflect the relationship between data and effective decision making. In the trading space, analytics are applied in a predictive manner in an attempt to more accurately forecast the price. This predictive model of analytics generally involves the analysis of historical price patterns that are used in an attempt to determine certain price outcomes. Analyt Read this Term capabilities in the market. Together with the NSD, the new tri-party service will emphasize improved reliability and overall convenience in the Execution Execution Execution is the process during which a client submits an order to the brokerage, which consequently executes it resulting in an open position in a given asset. The execution of the order occurs only when it is filled. There is typically a time delay between the placement of the order and the execution which is called latency.In the retail FX space, reliable brokers always strive to deliver best execution to their clients in order to maintain a solid business relationship with them. This is a co Execution is the process during which a client submits an order to the brokerage, which consequently executes it resulting in an open position in a given asset. The execution of the order occurs only when it is filled. There is typically a time delay between the placement of the order and the execution which is called latency.In the retail FX space, reliable brokers always strive to deliver best execution to their clients in order to maintain a solid business relationship with them. This is a co Read this Term of repo transactions.
As such, this will include several new features such as collateral for transactions formed on an individual basis. Moreover, on the new tri-party service, securities will be able to be substituted within the term of the transaction, possessing better access to the system via NSD’s Web-Client.
Finally, the new service will come equipped with mark-to-market and margining, as well as automated reporting on transactions to the NSD Repository. Currently the NSD and Bloomberg are targeting a commercial launch of the service for March 2017.