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ICSDs held firm during Q1 volatility, says Fitch Ratings
06 May 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

European ICSDs have coped well with pandemic-related market volatility thanks to ample latency in transaction systems, strong risk-control frameworks and limited exposure to short-term collateralised credit risk, according to Fitch Ratings

LSEG reports revenue growth for 2019
02 March 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

LSEG revealed that total revenue and total income were both up 8 percent to £2,056 million compared to £1,911 million in 2018, and £2,314 million compared to £2,135 million in 2018, respectively

Euroclear sees increase in assets under custody
19 February 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The Belgium-based post-trade services provider revealed that at year-end it held €31.4 trillion of assets under custody

Euroclear signs deal with Serbia’s Ministry of Finance
12 February 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

The deal will allow Serbia to eventually create a Eurocleable link, which will, in turn, facilitate international investment into the Serbian bond market

Corporate Actions Joint Working Group elects new chairperson
09 January 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The Corporate Actions Joint Working Group has named Deutsche Bank’s director of GTB product management as its new chairperson

Carlo Minieri joins Calastone
11 December 2019 Hong Kong
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Calastone has appointed Carlo Minieri as managing director, business development in Asia

Euroclear Bank obtains CSDR licence
05 December 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Euroclear Bank has received a CSDR licence from its respective market regulator

ISSA calls for industry-wide cooperation on crypto assets
14 November 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The ISSA’s working group on DLT and crypto-assets has called on industry participants to recreate universally recognised market standards and definitions for the emerging crypto world in a new paper released today

First State Investments selects Euroclear’s Crest for settlement services
30 October 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

First State Investments has selected Euroclear UK & Ireland’s Crest Investment Fund Service to automate settlement for its UK investment funds

Euroclear Finland set to join T2S in 2022
30 October 2019 Helsinki
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Euroclear Finland is to join the European securities settlement platform TARGET2-Securities in November 2022

Legal & General picks Euroclear’s investment fund service
1 October 2019 London
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Legal & General Investment Management has selected Euroclear UK & Ireland’s CREST investment fund service to automate settlement for its UK investment funds

LCH RepoClear and EquityClear go live on Taskize
23 September 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

LCH’s RepoClear and EquityClear London-based entities are now live on Taskize