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T2S could be Europe's saviour
04 September 2013 Brussels
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

TARGET2-Securities has the potential to reduce capital shortfall under Basel III rules by €33 billion, said a Clearstream survey...

Clearstream witnesses healthy July stats
09 August 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Jones

In June 2013, the value of assets under custody that Clearstream held on behalf of its customers registered an increase of 3 percent to €11.5 trillion (compared to €11.2 trillion in July 2012)...

Clearstream signs up LatAm transfer agent
18 July 2013 Panama
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Clearstream is seeking to strengthen its business in the LatAm markets, by signing Latin Clear Panama as the first transfer agent to join its investment funds platform, Vestima...

Clearstream sees value of assets under custody increase
08 July 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

In June 2013, the value of assets under custody that Clearstream held on behalf of its customers registered an increase of 5 percent to €11.6 trillion...

LuxCSD appoints fifth partner bank
04 July 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Citi has been named as the fifth bank to partner with LuxCSD, Luxembourg’s central securities depository, as a principal agent...

Clearstream launches Global Issuer Hub
25 June 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Clearstream has launched its Global Issuer Hub in the run-up to the 50th anniversary next month of the first eurobond issuance by Italian motorway network Autostrade...

Clearstream slashes Croatian custody fees
14 June 2013 Zagreb
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Clearstream is making up to 45 percent cuts to its custody fees for the Croatian market, effective from 1 July 2013...

Boosted depository costs may outweigh the advantages of AIFMD
12 June 2013 Brussels
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Polling sessions during Clearstream’s Fund Summit in Brussels revealed that 60 percent of the 150 delegates anticipate that the increase in costs for depositories posed by AIFMD rules will be significant and will outweigh the advantages...

UBS appoints ICSD for its investment bank business
11 June 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

UBS has appointed Clearstream as its primary International Central Securities Depository (ICSD), in a move that will consolidate the majority of its securities custody, settlement, and financing business...

European trade repository and Russian CSD sign MoU
23 May 2013 Moscow
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

REGIS-TR, the European trade repository owned by Clearstream, Iberclear, and National Settlement Depository (NSD), the Russian central securities depository, have all signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

BNP Paribas nabs SEB asset servicing consultant
22 May 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Annalisa Winge Bicknell has left SEB for BNP Paribas Securities, where she is now regional head of sales and relationship management for institutional clients...

Polish and Russian CSDs link up
16 May 2013 Warsaw
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Central Securities Depository of Poland and the National Settlement Depository of Russia have taken their first step towards establishing an operational link...