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BNY Mellon expands clearance and collateral team
21 January 2022 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Stuart Bird, Karen Van Cauteren and Hadley Pritchard will take on relationship management roles at the firms London and Brussels offices

Euroclear Bank to join ECB’s T2S settlement system
22 December 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Euroclear Bank, the Brussels-based international central securities depository, is to join the European Central Bank’s TARGET2-Securities settlement system, following an agreement signed with the ECB and the eurosystem central banks on 21 December

Guotai Junan Securities utilises Euroclear’s Yulan bond structure
26 November 2021 Brussels
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Guotai Junan Securities is to begin utilising Euroclear Bank’s Yulan bond structure, enabling Chinese issuers to gain better exposure to a wider foreign investor base

Euroclear appoints new chief information officer
23 November 2021 Brussels
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Euroclear has appointed Michal Paprocki as chief information officer

Saudi Arabia’s Edaa partners with Euroclear
28 October 2021 Saudi Arabia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Saudi Arabia’s Securities Depository Center Company and Euroclear have partnered to launch a Euro-clearable link, enabling international investors access to sukuk and bond markets listed on the Saudi Exchange

Euroclear supports use of CBDC for settlements
20 October 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Isabelle Delorme (pictured), deputy CEO of ESES CSDs Euroclear France, Euroclear Belgium and Euroclear Nederland comments: “We are extremely pleased to have worked on this pioneering project with our industry partners and the Banque de France"

Technology investor Silver Lake acquires ICE’s stake in Euroclear
20 October 2021 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Global technology investor Silver Lake has acquired Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE’s) 9.85 per cent stake in Euroclear for €709 million

Taskize’s CEO to step down
18th October 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

John O’ Hara (pictured right) is to step down from his role as CEO of Taskize after nearly 10 years of service and will be replaced by Phillip Slavin (pictured left) who is currently COO

Sibos: Never break the chain (in settlement)
14 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Getting to the point of T+1 or even T+0 will be a question of funding, investment in technology, and testing the efficiency of links and connectivity in the settlement chain, according to Samuel Riley of Clearstream

Jason Nabi joins Arqit
30 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Arqit Quantum hires former BNP Paribas CEO and HSBC managing director Jason Nabi, as managing director of financial services

J.P. Morgan bolsters asset servicing team
23 September 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Mike Collier has joined J.P. Morgan as the international asset servicing product lead for global custody, based in London

Industry working group reports on cyber threat to market infrastructure
22 September 2021
Reporter: Bob Currie

An industry working group, sponsored by the CPMI-IOSCO specialist group on cyber resilience, has published a whitepaper on data protection and validation in the face of cyber threats to FMIs