Euroclear Bank and BNP Paribas Securities Services have partnered to offer mutual clients access to a larger pool of collateral for triparty transactions. The initiative consists of a multi-market collateral programme to be rolled-out in the next few months in order to address the need for collateral flexibility and optimization.
As part of the agreement, mutual clients will be offered the use of fixed-income and equity assets held with BNP Paribas Securities Services as collateral in triparty managed transactions at Euroclear Bank.
Client securities to be used as collateral will flow freely between the two organizations, while BNP Paribas Securities Services always remains the local custodian of the assets. When client securities are no longer needed as collateral by Euroclear Bank, they will be reinstated into the main client account held at BNP Paribas Securities Services.
The initiative consists of a multi-market collateral programme to be rolled-out in the next few months, delivering much-needed collateral flexibility and optimisation.
Frederic Hannequart, chairman of Euroclear Bank, said: Together, BNP Paribas and Euroclear Bank will help our clients achieve greater risk protection and smarter use of their assets as collateral. This is particularly important as demand for collateral increases. By joining forces, we will alleviate one of the challenges of collateral fragmentation by making the transfer of collateral to the right place at the right time as seamless and operationally simple as possible. We are delighted to be partnering with BNP Paribas in this regard.
Alain Pochet, head of Clearing, Settlement and Custody at BNP Paribas Securities Services, said: This type of partnership is key for both organizations. It will offer even greater optimization of collateral to our mutual clients by accessing the Euroclear Bank triparty platform in addition to BNP Paribas in-house collateral management offer.
(JDC)