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Transaction bankingOctober 20 2023

Europe risks being left behind on T+1

Moving the bloc to a T+1 settlement system was a topic of keen debate on the first day of this year’s AFME conference.
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Europe risks being left behind on T+1Image: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg

On May 28, 2024, the US — the world’s largest securities market— will move to settle trades faster than the UK and Europe. There is a growing sense of urgency as the date moves closer. 

How Europe and the UK should respond was the big theme on the first day (October 17) of the operations, post-trade, technology and innovation conference hosted by the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME).  

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Michael Klimes is the investment banking and capital markets editor at The Banker. He joined the publication from Money Marketing where he was acting editor. He wrote about pensions for nine years on the retail and institutional side. He won B2B pensions journalist of the year at the Headline Money Awards 2022.
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