SWIFT And CSD Community Advance Blockchain For Post-Trade - SWIFT And Central Securities Depositories Join Forces To Demonstrate The Value Of Standards In Distributed Ledger Technology For Securities Markets, Such As Proxy Voting And Digital Assets

SWIFT and seven central securities depositories (CSDs) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together to demonstrate how distributed ledger technology could be implemented in post-trade scenarios, such as corporate actions processing, including voting and proxy-voting.  The group will investigate the types of new products that can be built using it, and how existing standards such as ISO 20022 can support it.