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Papenfuß re-elected as chairman of ECSDA
20 May 2016 Warsaw
Reporter: Becky Butcher

Members of the European Central Securities Depositories Association (ECSDA) have re-elected Mathias Papenfuß of Clearstream as chairman...

New members join post-trade blockchain consortium
05 May 2016 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Ernst & Young and two other institutions have joined the Post-Trade Distributed Ledger (PTDL) Group, bringing the total number of members to 37...

T2S on a roll with wave two
31 March 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Both the Portuguese and Belgian CSDs have completed their migration to the T2S platform, marking a successful wave two of the pan-European implementation plan...

$27 billion could be at risk, says report
24 February 2016 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The annual industry-wide unsupported exposure due to collateral settlement failure for 42 sell-side firms is estimated to be nearly $27 billion, a DTCC-Euroclear Global Collateral and PwC report has warned...

T2S delay confirmed for Clearstream CSDs
08 February 2016 Frankfurt
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Clearstream has confirmed that its German and Luxembourgish CSDs will migrate to the T2S platform with wave four in February 2017, rather than in wave three, as originally planned...

Blockchain a blessing for capital markets
05 February 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Although there are still barriers to the widespread adoption of blockchain in capital markets, a ‘wait-and-see’ approach could be damaging, according to a whitepaper by Euroclear and Oliver Wyman...

Euroclear's assets under custody hit €27.5 trillion
27 January 2016 Brussels
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Client assets held in safekeeping at Euroclear reached €27.5 trillion in 2015, increasing 6 percent over the prior year...

BNP Paribas supporting €GCPlus market
21 January 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BNP Paribas Securities Services has launched a clearing, settlement and custody service for clients trading euro cash liquidity through €GCPlus, a centrally cleared triparty repo-secured financing market...

Euroclear starts work on Swedish CSD system
08 January 2016 Stockholm
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Euroclear is set to start development of its new Swedish central securities depository (CSD) system...

GCF: Wave two of T2S not all smooth sailing
01 December 2015 London
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Markets are joining late and creases are yet to be completely ironed out, but the T2S platform could expand to new markets and further throughout Europe...

BlackRock gains ETF migration partners
16 November 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

BlackRock has partnered up with Euroclear and Clearstream to migrate 20 ETFs to an international issuance and settlement structure...

Euroclear’s ESES CSDs delay T2S migration
30 October 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Euroclear has delayed the T2S migration of its ESES central securities depositories for Belgium, France and the Netherlands...