European Commission confirms ‘time-limited’ equivalence for UK CCPs
As the European Commission finalises EMIR 2.2, it has confirmed a temporary equivalence decision for UK CCPs from January 2021.
Market Infrastructure
UBS converts European ETFs to Clearstream’s ICSDplus model
European asset managers in Ireland are faced with the challenge of moving to alternative ETF issuance and settlement models in order to limit the impact of Brexit.
Clearstream and LCH establish new post-trade connection
Exchange traded products and global depository receipts cleared through LCH can be settled on Clearstream from Q3 onwards.
DTCC expands global custodian users for settlement data service
DTCC has gone live with four new custodians on the service, growing its impressive list of users to 11.
ASX announces one-year delay to DLT post-trade system
The announcement comes as the exchange faced pressure by users to push back the plan, which is now set for April 2022.
Clearstream opens direct link to Romanian equities market
The new link is part of Clearstream’s wider strategy to link emerging and frontier markets to its international central securities depository (ICSD) structure.
Euroclear rolls out Taskize platform on ESES central securities depositaries
CSDs in France, Belgium and Netherlands to use inter-company workflow solution.
Clearstream begins plans for next-generation digital CSD
Clearstream is planning to use its involvements in recent DLT projects as a steppingstone to developing its own digitised CSD.
SIX launches new Triparty Agent for enhanced collateral management service
Through the combination of its existing Collateral Cockpit, SIX will provide a fully automated system for collateral management processes.
DTCC’s SFTR service records jump in users ahead of reporting go-live
The rise comes less than a month before sell-side firms will be required to report their trades under SFTR.