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Citi expands direct custody and clearing services to Finland
26 August 2020 Helsinki
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Citi has expanded its Nordic offering by launching direct custody and clearing services in Finland

Euroclear appoints TEB Securities Services
12 August 2020 12 August 2020
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Euroclear has selected TEB Securities Services, part of the TEB-BNP Paribas Group partnership, as account operator for Euroclear Bank’s new link to Turkey

ESMA confirms preparations to further delay CSDR
28 July 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

ESMA has confirmed it is working on a proposal to possibly delay the entry into force of the CSDR settlement discipline regime until 1 February 2022

New 12-month CSDR delay expected
20 July 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ESMA is expected to publish an amendment proposing an additional 12-month delay to the current February 2021 deadline after the summer holiday period

Euroclear reports €31.1 trillion AUC for H1 2020
17 July 2020 Brussels
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

Euroclear’s assets under custody reached €31.1 trillion at the end of June, representing a year-on-year increase of 3.7 percent

Euroclear ESES selects Taskize for client servicing
29 June 2020 London
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

ESES has gone live with the Taskize communication channel for client servicing

Meritsoft and Taskize collaborate on enhanced CSDR solution
17 June 2020 Dublin
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Meritsoft, a Cognizant company, and Taskize, a Euroclear company, are integrating their automated fails operational workload offering and global operational task management solutions to provide an end-to-end Central Securities Depositories Regulation

Euroclear UK & Ireland names new CEO
15 June 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Euroclear UK & Ireland has appointed Michael Carty as CEO, effective from October

CLS bolsters board of directors
21 May 2020 London
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

CLS has added Karen Keenan, John Trundle and Naoto Nakamura as new members

China Construction Bank Asia joins common depository network
18 May 2020 Beijing
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

China Construction Bank Asia has been appointed by Clearstream and Euroclear as common depository, safekeeper and service provider for Eurobonds

Euroclear Sweden introduces new service for digital posting voting
07 May 2020 Sweden
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Euroclear Sweden has introduced a new service that will allow shareholders to place votes digitally ahead of general meetings

ICSDs held firm during Q1 volatility, says Fitch Ratings
06 May 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

European ICSDs have coped well with pandemic-related market volatility thanks to ample latency in transaction systems, strong risk-control frameworks and limited exposure to short-term collateralised credit risk, according to Fitch Ratings