Euroclear’s ICSD obtains crucial regulatory license
Euroclear has now been granted six licenses for its various CSDs in Belgium, Finland, France, the Netherlands and Sweden.
Market Infrastructure
Clearstream’s direct link with Nasdaq CSD goes live
The new connection aims to facilitate cross-border settlement in TARGET2 Securities (T2S) markets, giving easier access to Baltic securities.
SGX introduces new securities lending fees to boost volumes
SGX stated the new rates would make it more attractive for institutional investors to borrow, and could result in higher volumes.
Market infrastructure changes in Korea spark renewed foreign institutional interest
APAC markets outside of China are seeing renewed interest from global institutional investors following a series of market structure and regulatory reforms.
DekaBank selects Clearstream’s InvestorCSD for European post-trade services
Clearstream went live with the InvestorCSD model last year with the aim of providing banks a single access point to both T2S and its ICSD services.
Clearstream advances digitisation path with new tech rollout
One of the main goals of the new technologies is to automate internal tasks and workflow processes.
Euroclear’s ICSD announces intent to join T2S
Euroclear Bank will be able to offer clients the choice between euro settlement in both commercial bank and central bank money.
Preparing DTCC for the future: Global Custodian awards Lifetime Achievement honour to Michael Bodson
DTCC's chief executive, Michael Bodson, handed Global Custodian's Lifetime Achievement award at Industry Leaders event in New York.
Market structure changes to shake up repo trading
Sponsored clearing services among factors leading to a major rise in aggregate cleared repo and reverse repo volumes.
First State Investments selects Euroclear to automate UK funds settlement
First State Investments will use the service for end-to-end automation of its UK investment funds from order placement, to settlement and asset servicing.