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LuxCSD receives CSDR licence
17 April 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Natalie Turner

LuxCSD has gained a licence to act as a central securities depository (CSD) under the Central Securities Depository Regulation.

Deutsche Boerse CSDR buy-in agent gains banking licence
16 April 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Securities Transactions Services has taken a major step forward in launching its buy-in service ahead of the go-live of CSDR’s settlement discipline regime

AFME publishes CSDR recommendations
04 March 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

AFME’s recommendations aim to encourage greater and more harmonised use of partial settlement across the industry as a way of improving settlement rates

KDPW receives CSDR authorisation
04 March 2020 Warsaw
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Under the single passport system, the authorisation confirms that KDPW meets the EU’s legal requirements for central securities depositories

EXCLUSIVE: Pirum releases new CSDR fails cost analysis tool
27 February 2020 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Pirum Systems tackles CSDR cost risks with new fails report tool and enhanced SSI enrichment services

Delayed: CSDR settlement discipline regime
05 February 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Following a series of warning calls from industry stakeholders, ESMA is backing a delay to the CSDR settlement discipline regime originally due in September

Trade bodies unite to call for CSDR buy-in delay
24 January 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Fourteen trade associations including ISLA, ICMA and AFME have sent a joint letter to the EU requesting radical reforms to CSDR’s settlement regime to avoid a liquidity crisis in Septemeber

Clearstream’s CSD gains CSDR licence
24 January 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The German market regulator has granted a CSDR licence to Deutsche Boerse subsidiary, Clearstream Banking

Euroclear Bank obtains CSDR licence
05 December 2019 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

Euroclear Bank has received a CSDR licence from its respective market regulator

CSDR buy-in provisions delay “anticipated”
19 November 2019 London
Reporter: Drew Nicol

CSDR’s buy-in provisions are unlikely to be implemented in September as scheduled due to “technical” issues, according to ICMA

ICMA looks to update buy-in rules concerning CSDR
10 October 2019 London
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The International Capital Market Association will look to update its buy-in rules to provide market best practice regarding the Central Securities Depositories Regulation, according to Andy Hill, senior director at ICMA

ESMA sets out CSDR standardised procedures and messaging protocols guidelines
08 October 2019 Paris
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The requirement in Article 6(2) of CSDR is focused on the preparation of the settlement process in order to limit the number of settlement fails