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Clearstream launches Primary Market Issuance API for Eurobonds
25 January 2022 Luxembourg
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Issuer agents and market participants can now obtain ISINs and request acceptance of securities issued under programme in real-time

EuroCCP connects to Clearstream’s Investor CSD
20 January 2022 Luxembourg
Reporter: Bob Currie

Post-trade link connects EuroCCP to Clearstream’s Investor CSD, enabling exchange-traded equity and ETFs cleared through EuroCCP to settle in Clearstream Banking SA. UK investment platform Freetrade is announced as first customer

Freetrade UK users given direct access to invest in German-listed stocks
14 January 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Freetrade, the UK-based investment platform, is to allow its 1.2 million UK users to invest in German-listed stocks, including Deutsche Telekom, Adidas, Volkswagen and BMW

Clearstream’s GSF business grows in December
13 January 2022 Luxembourg
Reporter: Bob Currie

Clearstream’s Global Securities Financing (GSF) business expanded by 11 per cent YoY to €567.0 billion volume outstanding during December

SETL joins forces with SWIFT for digital assets pilot
23 December 2021 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

SETL is to work with SWIFT on an innovation pilot as part of a wider effort to support interoperability in the development of the tokenised asset market

Clearstream’s total assets under custody grow in November
09 December 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The post-trade services provider has released its monthly figures, revealing a 13 per cent YoY rise in its total assets under custody to €16,918 billion in November 2021

Clearstream launches sustainability service for fund distributors
07 December 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Clients can now receive detailed insight into sustainability characteristics of investment funds via the Fund Compass application

J.P. Morgan selects Clearstream Australia as sub-custodian
25 November 2021 Australia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

J.P. Morgan has selected Clearstream Australia (formerly Ausmaq) as its sub-custodian for its unlisted managed funds and hedge funds in Australia and New Zealand

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

Deutsche Boerse releases digital post-trade platform
06 October 2021 Germany
Reporter: Bob Currie

D7 platform targets end-to-end digital securities processing, with over 80% of German ISINs expected to be digitisable via the platform by mid-2022

Clearstream opens new link to Serbian capital market
04 October 2021 Serbia
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Raiffeisen Bank International will act as local custodian and operator of Clearstream’s account at the Serbian central securities depository

Funds of hedge funds administered by Citco see significant growth for H1 2021
28 September 2021 British Virgin Islands
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Funds of hedge funds administered by Citco continued to see significant growth in H1 2021, following a “solid 2020”, the global hedge fund administrator cites