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Deutsche Bank gains China domestic fund custody license
10 December 2020 China
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Upon completing the relevant administrative process, Deutsche Bank China will be able to directly provide custody-related solutions to funds established in China

The final chance to fix CSDR’s settlement discipline regime is here
08 December 2020 Belgium
Reporter: Drew Nicol

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

Euroclear UK & Ireland gains CSDR licence from the Bank of England
08 December 2020 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

This makes EUI the seventh and final CSD entity in the Euroclear Group to receive its licence

EC gives green light to Euroclear UK & Ireland for temporary equivalence extension
27 November 2020 UK and Ireland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

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 publishes first reports on CSDR implementation
11 November 2020 France
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ESMA has published its first two reports on the implementation of CSDR

UK Government grants CSDR, EMIR and CCPs equivalence to EEA states post-Brexit
11 November 2020 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Rishi Sunak, chancellor of the exchequer, explained that CSDR will form part of UK law at the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020

DTCC hires former BBH head of custody product Bob Stewart
27 October 2020 Boston
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Former BBH head of custody product Bob Stewart has joined DTCC as executive director of institutional trade processing

EC agrees to new CSDR delay until 2022
23 October 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The settlement discipline regime, which was originally due to go into force in September, will now come into effect on 1 February 2022

Deutsche Bank to create service for securities settlement delays
09 October 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Deutsche Bank is set to launch an enhanced securities settlement service that proactively identifies in-flight security transactions at risk of settlement delay

CSDR: ICMA calls for the removal of the requirement to appoint buy-in agent
07 September 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

In a briefing note, ICMA outlined that as part of the broader review of the CSDR mandatory buy-in framework, the requirement to appoint a buy-in agent should be removed

CSDR SDR: firms that use delay to improve internal infrastructure to be biggest winners
02 September 2020 London
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Karan Kapoor, head of regulatory change and technology at Delta Capita, suggested the key will be to make settlement efficiency improvement a joint objective for front-office and operations teams

CSDR's SDR delay ‘a positive step’ for the industry
28 August 2020 London
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

A further delay to the Central Securities Depositories Regulation's settlement discipline regime until 1 February 2022 has been welcomed by industry participants