Responses from the European Commission’s CSDR consultation found that 51 out of 91 respondents said the buy-in regime should change from a mandatory requirement to a voluntary one
The settlement of Irish securities worth around €100 billion traded on Euronext Dublin markets on 15 March took place in Euroclear Bank on 17 March
ISLA, ICMA and ISDA are among 14 trade bodies to renew calls for the buy-ins rules to be shelved until "essential" amendments are in place and give in-scope entities more time to prepare
The review, which will remain open until 5 April, will assess how the EU rules on central securities depositories are working
AccessFintech’s data management and workflow solution will integrate with Symphony’s communication platform and trusted user directory
As the first buy-in messages ever to be registered, they set the reporting standard, developed from scratch in ISO20022, KDPW says
“The periods of high volatility and low liquidity observed during COVID-19 crisis would have been further exacerbated by the existence of a mandatory buy-in regime,” AFME explains
To avoid damaging market liquidity and stability, the trade body suggests the CSDR settlement discipline regime should be split in two, with cash penalties going live in February and the buy-ins held pending a “in-depth assessment"
Jack McRae speaks to Joseph Latini, chief commercial officer at MUFG Investor Services, about keeping clients happy, cultivating a positive work culture and trusting the process
Whikie Liu, strategy director for capital markets at Swift, considers the impact that North America moving to T+1 will have on markets across the globe and whether the world is ready for the shift
Demand for reliable data to support a front-to-back digital operating model are being superimposed onto longstanding requirements for efficient safekeeping, analytics and trade lifecycle management
Market participants offer their predictions for what should be an eventful year
Ben Pumfrett of RBC Investor & Treasury Services talks to Jenna Lomax about the front office’s increasing demands for data, and how the company is helping to prepare its clients for shortened settlement windows
Barnaby Nelson, CEO of The Value Exchange, sits down with Jenna Lomax to outline a key imbalance in the industry on how legacy technology is managed. As recent research (with IHS Markit and Digital Asset) has shown, it is both a key enabler for so much industry change and a huge challenge for many firms
Derek Coyle of Brown Brothers Harriman discusses the potential impacts that CSDR will have on custody markets and how firms can best prepare themselves for the upcoming regulation
As firms continue to juggle innovation, customer loyalty and deal with the complexity of regulatory change, Broadridge’s Philip Taliaferro discusses regulatory challenges for the year ahead
Brian Bollen takes a look at Nordic asset servicing and its current CSD models following the economic upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic and the more recent Russian invasion of Ukraine
It is no surprise that the COVID-19 pandemic dealt Italy and its economy a hard blow in the first half of 2020. Industry experts explain why 2021 has been a different story and outline what the future holds for the country’s asset servicing
The Spanish custody market has undertaken a number of initiatives to improve harmonisation and efficiency, and now, with plans to eliminate further market-level specificities, the market moves closer to full post-trade harmonisation with other EU markets
Experts say DLT has the potential to open the floor to all kinds of innovations if it can become a regulatory and legally integral part of Germany’s business
