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Trading · Design record

Private DvP and secondary markets

Coordinate asset transfer and cash settlement while limiting exposure of intent, price, position, and counterparty data.

Representative workflowPrivate DvP and secondary markets
01Seller
02Buyer
03Venue or coordinator
04Asset registry
Target business outcome

A governed transaction lifecycle from eligibility and order through atomic or coordinated settlement and servicing.

Gateway implementation layer

Translate the workflow into a deployable operating boundary.

The record defines the financial problem. Gateway then maps the relevant Platform capabilities, privacy fit, deployment, specialist dependencies, and validation path.

01 · Platform

Gateway capabilities

  • Atomic DvP boundary
  • Venue policy
  • Trade evidence
02 · Privacy

Open Privacy Suite applicability

Hides orders and positions from non-counterparties; venue and oversight keep their views.

03 · Boundary

Deployment

Aligned to venue, settlement, and participant control boundaries.

04 · Ecosystem

Partner dependencies

  • Custody
  • Liquidity
  • Market operator
Implementation path01 · Map the flow02 · Validate the hardest assumption03 · Define the production boundary

Actors

  • Seller
  • Buyer
  • Venue or coordinator
  • Asset registry
  • Cash provider
  • Custodian
  • Supervisor

Confidential data

  • Order intent and size
  • Negotiated price
  • Positions
  • Counterparty identity
  • Settlement instructions

Public or shared evidence

  • Eligibility proof
  • Matched-trade commitment
  • Asset and cash finality receipts
  • Exception or abort state

Regulator and auditor access

Market operators and supervisors receive a replayable transaction record under defined authority; participants see only their trade and shared outcome.

Institutional constraints

  • Atomicity across domains may require a coordinator
  • Legal finality can differ from technical finality
  • Pre-trade and post-trade privacy are separate problems
  • Exception handling must fail safely

Viable approaches

01

Single-domain atomic DvP

Keep cash and asset legs in one governed execution domain.

02

Prepare/commit coordination

Coordinate verified outcomes across independent domains with replay protection and abort rules.

03

Privacy-enhanced settlement

Use shielded state, confidential execution, or selective disclosure based on the operator threat model.

Questions to resolve during discovery

  • Which party coordinates settlement?
  • What is the recovery path after one leg prepares?
  • Who may see price and position data?
  • How are servicing and later transfers recorded?

Relevant standards and frameworks

  • DvP principles
  • CPMI-IOSCO PFMI where applicable
  • Securities-market rules
  • ISO 20022 settlement messaging
Start with the architecture

Turn private dvp and secondary markets into an institution-specific architecture.

A workshop maps the actors, authoritative records, disclosure requirements, operating boundary, and highest-risk assumptions into a proposed architecture.