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Inadequacies of middle-office resulting in settlement failures, survey finds
27 July 2021 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

In a recent Torstone Technology survey, 60 per cent of institutions said that settlement failures, attributed to inadequacies of the middle-office, are still a significant problem for their business

Capco and AccessFintech partner over data workflow solution
26 July 2021 UK
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Capco has partnered with AccessFintech to enhance the engineering and delivery of the latter’s data management and workflow solution

Joint Associations (again) request clarification on CSDR mandatory buy-ins
15 July 2021 France
Reporter: Bob Currie

Letter from trade associations recommends that mandatory buy-in rules be “disapplied” from SDR provisions to come into force by February 2022

European Commission issues Interim Report on CSDR
30 June 2021 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

Report says Commission will consider a REFIT legislative review of CSDR, subject to an impact assessment

ESMA responds to European Commission’s Review of CSDR
28 May 2021 France
Reporter: Bob Currie

EU securities market regulator calls for reform of T2S supervision framework

European CSD Association elects new chair and executive committee members
20 May 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The European Central Securities Depositories Association has named Mark Gem of Clearstream Banking as chair of the board

Germany passes new electronic securities law
12 May 2021 Germany
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Dentons' Michael Huertas explains that the introduction of the eWpG marks a further move forward in the digital transformation and a move away from the need for paper-based certificates for notes

AccessFintech and SIX join forces to solve CSDR eligibility data challenges
04 May 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

AccessFintech and SIX will automate the process of correctly determining the CSDR eligibility parameters of each trade using multiple data points by using SIX-provided pertinent data on the AccessFintech platform

Clearstream and Bourse Direct to passport German-issued securities into France
19 April 2021 France
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Clearstream says Germany is the largest market for structured products in Europe with around 4 million structured products issued annually

Clearstream gains CSDR licences for its international CSD
14 April 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The authorisation marks a key step in achieving full CSDR compliance for all of Clearstream’s CSDs

DTCC: complete industry engagement needed to move from T+2 to T+1
12 April 2021 US
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Mike Bodson, president and CEO at DTCC, says: “I believe accelerating settlement should be right at the top of everyone's list"

EACH urges EC to agree with ESMA on a further delay to CSDR's SDR
01 April 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EACH says a number of the provisions are simply not implementable because of their technical inaccuracy and some would also increase operational risk within the EU CSDR SDR