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MEDIA RELEASE – Imperium Markets Announces Independent Advisory Board

IMPERIUM MARKETS ANNOUNCES INDEPENDENT ADVISORY BOARD Imperium Markets Pty Limited has established an Independent Advisory Board that consists of Imperium Chairman Rod Lewis, former Westpac Group Treasurer Curt Zuber, and former MBIA UK Chairman and CEO Chris Weeks. The Independent Advisory Board will ensure that Imperium’s platform delivers issuance, trading, custody and settlement capabilities in […]

Blockchain Comes to Bank Wholesale Deposits in Bid to Slash Costs

Australian Financial Review – James Eyers Senior Reporter Major banks will begin digitising contracts that govern their debt financing, and explore trading and settling money market transactions using blockchain technology, in a project that Imperium Markets and the Digital Finance Co-operative Research Centre (DFCRC) will launch in the coming months. The move is an example […]

Imperium Uses Simulation in Quest to Bring Key Money Markets to the Blockchain

Capital Brief – Andrew Cornell Imperium Markets will launch a major research project into digitalising the $3 trillion wholesale bond and deposit market and running it on blockchain. Financial markets platform Imperium will build on the Reserve Bank’s digital currency pilots to simulate debt market transactions on blockchain with a view to eventually digitising Australia’s […]

Pilot to Test Tokenisation of Australian Money Markets and Debt Capital Markets

JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Imperium Markets and Digital Finance CRC (DFCRC) will pilot a research project into how the tokenisation of assets and settlements can benefit Australian Money Markets and Debt Capital Markets. The Australian money markets and debt capital markets facilitate trillions of dollars of value transfer per annum and play an integral role in […]

‘Tokenised’ Assets Could Save Markets $17b a Year: RBA

Australian Financial Review – James Eyers and Jessica Sier The Reserve Bank of Australia says creating real-world financial assets in a “tokenised” form could unlock billions of dollars in annual savings for banks and other financial institutions by streamlining settlement processes and automating registries. The RBA is in the early stages of planning for a […]

Westpac, CBA Dip into Money Markets using Digital Aussie Dollar

Imperium Markets CEO Stu Burns and chairman Rod Lewis. “The role of clearing will change in the digital world,” Burns says. Photo: Rhett Wyman Australian Financial Review – James Eyers Senior Reporter Key Points Two major banks have used a real central bank digital currency to trade deposit securities. It is the first time this […]

Imperium Markets Wants to Settle Money Market Transactions Instantly

Imperium Markets CEO Stu Burns and chairman Rod Lewis. Photo: Rhett Wyman Australian Financial Review – James Eyers Senior Reporter Australia’s major banks are using a new financial market that will shift settlement of term deposits for institutional investors to real-time using similar blockchain technology that the ASX has failed to implement for the equity […]

GTreasury and Imperium Markets Partner to Provide Treasurers with Seamless Data Connectivity Between the Two Platforms

Imperium Markets clients can now have trades automatically pushed into their GTreasury portfolio – streamlining workflows and reducing risks by eliminating manual data entry GTreasury, a treasury management platform provider, and Imperium Markets, an ASIC-licensed fixed-income trading platform for capital markets, partnered today to enable connectivity between the two platforms. With this integration into GTreasury, […]