CCPs clash over Brexit impact on euro clearing activity
Representatives from LCH and EuroCCP highlight contradicting trends they are seeing in clearing activity throughout Europe following Brexit.
Market Infrastructure
Nordic CSDs eye working group to tackle new European standards
Regulatory and operational costs factors may require regional CSDs to band together and overcome these new pressures.
DTCC reports 160 firms signed up to SFTR reporting service
DTCC confirmed it has now onboarded Citadel, Franklin Templeton, Nordea Investment Management and PIMCO to its SFTR reporting service.
Europe’s ICSDs record bumper year following boost in custody and settlement businesses
ICSDs see annual revenue and assets under custody increases during 2019.
Colombia, Chile and Peru national stock exchanges mull merger
All three stock exchanges are considering a merger after establishing the Latin America Integrated Market for exchange connectivity in 2011.
DTCC launches API ‘App Store’ for the post-trade industry
Market infrastructure continues to embrace innovation, this time opening its API offerings to the industry through an app store.
Clearstream receives CSDR licence for its German CSD
Clearstream’s licence was granted by the German Federal Financial Services Authority BaFin and is effective immediately.
Clearstream to acquire majority stake in UBS’s fund distribution platform
The purchase and subsequent partnership with UBS marks another active move from Clearstream into bolstering its fund services offering.
Euroclear and DTCC terminate collateral management joint venture
The end of the joint venture marks the conclusion of a project that has been wrought with delays and high-profile executive departures in its relatively short lifespan.
2020 vision: Client and market infrastructure changes to define the New Year
In the final part of our ‘what to look out for in 2020’, we ask industry experts’ in for their input on what changes they see within the client world and market infrastructures in the New Year.