post-trade infrastructure

Post-trade infrastructure refers to the systems and processes that occur after a financial trade is executed, including clearance, settlement, and risk management. A recent thread on WindowsForum discusses DTCC's move to place core clearance and settlement systems into public cloud environments, specifically using AWS and Microsoft Azure. This shift signals a major change in how critical market plumbing is managed, moving from peripheral workloads to core operations. The discussion highlights the role of cloud partnerships in modernizing post-trade infrastructure, with implications for security, engineering, and digital assets.