SimCorp to Host Webinar on T+2 Featuring Guest Speaker John Abel of the DTCC

NEW YORK, April 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services for the global financial services industry, today announced the upcoming webinar 'Shortening the Settlement Cycle: The Move to T+2' which will take place on Wednesday, April 6^th,  from 12:00pm-12:45pm ET.

As the U.S. financial services industry works to reduce operational and systemic risk by implementing the T+2 settlement cycle in Q3 2017, experts from DTCC and SimCorp will discuss who and what will be affected, when to comply and solutions and best practices for doing so. Guest speaker John Abel is the Executive Director of Settlement and Asset Servicing Strategy in the Product Management group at DTCC. In addition, Mr. Abel is currently responsible for leading DTCC's initiative to move to the T+2 settlement cycle in the U.S.

This complimentary 45-minute webinar will cover the following topics:

• T+2 implementation plan and playbook
• Deadlines in the market
• Impact to your workflows and current processes
• Impact to derivatives and repos
• How SimCorp Dimension can help streamline workflows on a single platform with alerts to secure your trades are settled swiftly and effectively within the required timeline

This event is open to investment management firms, consulting partners, industry analysts and research organizations.

To register, please click here.

Enquiries regarding this announcement should be addressed to:
Erica Fidel, SimCorp North America, [email protected], 212.9949453

About SimCorp

SimCorp provides integrated, best-in-class investment management solutions to the world's leading asset managers, fund managers, asset servicers, pension and insurance funds, wealth managers and sovereign wealth funds. Whether deployed on premise or as an ASP solution, its core system, SimCorp Dimension, supports the entire investment value chain and range of instruments, all based on a market-leading IBOR. SimCorp invests more than 20% of its annual revenue in R&D, helping clients develop their business and stay ahead of ever-changing industry demands. Listed on NASDAQ Copenhagen, SimCorp is a global company, regionally covering all of Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.simcorp.com.

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