NEW YORK: A looming shift in the way US equity trades are settled is sending unintended shock waves through the US$7.5 trillion-a-day global market for foreign exchange (FX).
At major financial institutions including banks, brokers and investment houses, currency desks are preparing for the world’s biggest stock market to halve the time it takes to settle equity transactions to just one day.
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