European Central Securities Depositories Association names new working group chairs
Euronext Securities and SIX executives to chair the policy and the settlement working groups.
Market Infrastructure
DWS adopts ICSD issuance of ETFs with Clearstream
Asset manager’s ETFs listed across 11 exchanges move to the ISCD issuance model.
Euroclear Bank and Korea Securities Depository sign MOU to facilitate foreign investment
ICSD Euroclear Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Korea Securities Depository (KSD) in the presence of Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance.
DTCC project identifies requirements for supporting securities settlement in CBDC
Whitepaper outlines opportunities around CBDC settlement.
Societe Generale Securities Services and Goldman Sachs work with EIB on DLT digital bond
The €100 million, two-year bond represents the inaugural issuance on Goldman Sachs’ tokenisation platform – GS DAP.
Digital Asset responds to ASX’s decision to abandon CHESS DLT project
DLT and smart contract language firm issues statement following the announcement from ASX that it would be reevaluating its DLT-based post-trade platform which was drawn-up alongside Digital Asset in 2016.
ASX scraps DLT post-trade project after six years as once heralded initiative leaves behind a trail of failings
Exchange’s CHESS replacement project with Digital Asset comes to an end after significant time and costs are poured in over six years to no avail.
EuroCCP rebrands to Cboe Clear Europe following 2020 acquisition
Since acquiring the clearing house, Cboe has grown the number of venues it provides clearing services to from 37 to 47.
Middle- and back-office upgrades needed ahead of T+1, research finds
Report finds that 81% of US and Canadian brokers and banks are either using manual processes or home-grown systems.
UBS native digital bond launched on SIX Digital Exchange and SIX Swiss Exchange
Three-year bond will leverage new operational link between CSDs of the two exchanges.