Dear {{lead.First Name:default=Subscriber}},

“Innovation in ‘post-trade’ has grown tired,” Thomas Zeeb, head of securities & exchanges and a member of the executive board at SIX has argued.

“Investment has typically been low as businesses have found themselves pressured into allocating funds to service “flavor of the month” regulations and compliance demands,” he writes.

But MiFID II puts real pressure on the post-trade industry to step up.

Zeeb adds that “the data that this function holds, manages, and must now account for is critical to a business’ ability to cope with the regulation.”

Read more on MiFID II here.

This week, I will be reporting from SAP Ariba Live in Amsterdam, where we will be looking at trade finance and procurement.

The conference schedule is brimming with innovative topics, whether it is bringing change through neuroscience or sustainable supply chains. It seems that the outlook for trade is far more optimistic and innovative than it is for ‘post-trade’.

Read my day one blog here.

Kind regards,

Vicky Beckett

Editor, The Global Treasurer