Euroclear’s Collateral Highway reaches €2.5 trillion daily milestone
Growth in repo, securities lending and Asia Pacific activity drives record collateral mobilisation.
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Fireside Friday with… Transcend’s Bimal Kadikar
Bimal Kadikar, founder & CEO of Transcend, discusses the firm’s recent Series B investment with 7RIDGE, its expansion into collateral, liquidity and tokenised markets, and how it is building infrastructure to bridge traditional and digital financial ecosystems through optimisation, interoperability and AI-driven capabilities.
SS&C expands tokenised fund offering with digital cash settlement plans
New capability will support settlement of tokenised investment transactions using regulated digital cash.
Societe Generale expands European government bond clearing offering
New service extends the bank's fixed income prime brokerage platform to European government bond markets.
Clearstream processes first DLT commercial paper issuance on D7
The €77.5 million EIB issuance was arranged by Citi and marks the first use of Clearstream's D7 platform for such a transaction.
EU T+1 committee issues further SSI guidance to align EU and UK standards
Latest guidance confirms that FMSB SSI templates are compatible with EEA pre-settlement requirements, while providing further clarity on implementation ahead of Europe's transition to T+1.
Societe Generale and Euroclear explore USD stablecoin settlement for short-term funding markets
Firms assess the use of regulated digital cash for tokenised US dollar commercial paper transactions.
BNY to provide triparty collateral services for Euronext Clearing’s expanding repo offering
Collaboration aims to boost capital efficiency and collateral optimisation as demand for cleared repo grows across Europe.
Two-thirds of firms doubt service providers’ T+1 readiness, survey finds
New survey reveals rising concerns regarding custodians, counterparties and market infrastructure providers as the UK’s accelerated settlement deadline approaches.
AST to publish T+1 settlement rate targets ahead of UK transition deadline
Taskforce to use rolling three-month CREST settlement averages to establish post-implementation benchmark from October 2027.