Swift seeks to add more services to stay engaged with clients

Amid the growing frenzy surrounding so-called disruptive technologies over the past few years, some of the industry's long-standing and key utilities have been receiving less positive attention from market participants than before.

As top-line growth at sell-side institutions levelled off and costs mounted, as a result of post-crisis regulatory initiatives, the providers of key post-trade services such as settlement and messaging have come under pressure to become more efficient and cheaper to