EACH explains that a delay to CSDR’s SDR would provide market infrastructures and other market participants sufficient time to implement and would also avoid unnecessary duplicative implementation costs
ICMA has presented a ‘waterfall’ of proposals for implementing the SDR, based on its members’ assessment of what it considers most optimal in terms of minimising disruption to Europe’s bonds markets while still attaining the objectives of CSDR
The FCA has confirmed the final reporting rules post-Brexit but says it will not fine non-compliant firms that can show their homework
Upon completing the relevant administrative process, Deutsche Bank China will be able to directly provide custody-related solutions to funds established in China
Industry stakeholders have until 2 February 2021 to submit responses to the EC’s CSDR consultation, and face a tight timetable to make the changes in Q4 2021 before the settlement discipline regime’s February 2022 go-live date
This makes EUI the seventh and final CSD entity in the Euroclear Group to receive its licence
EUI will be able to continue settling Irish-domiclied funds and securities up until the end of the new extension period of 30 June 2021
ESMA has published its first two reports on the implementation of CSDR
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
