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Boosted depository costs may outweigh the advantages of AIFMD
12 June 2013 Brussels
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Polling sessions during Clearstream’s Fund Summit in Brussels revealed that 60 percent of the 150 delegates anticipate that the increase in costs for depositories posed by AIFMD rules will be significant and will outweigh the advantages...

UBS appoints ICSD for its investment bank business
11 June 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

UBS has appointed Clearstream as its primary International Central Securities Depository (ICSD), in a move that will consolidate the majority of its securities custody, settlement, and financing business...

European trade repository and Russian CSD sign MoU
23 May 2013 Moscow
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

REGIS-TR, the European trade repository owned by Clearstream, Iberclear, and National Settlement Depository (NSD), the Russian central securities depository, have all signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

BNP Paribas nabs SEB asset servicing consultant
22 May 2013 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Annalisa Winge Bicknell has left SEB for BNP Paribas Securities, where she is now regional head of sales and relationship management for institutional clients...

Polish and Russian CSDs link up
16 May 2013 Warsaw
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

The Central Securities Depository of Poland and the National Settlement Depository of Russia have taken their first step towards establishing an operational link...

Clearstream’s assets under custody rise 4 percent
10 May 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

In April 2013, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers of Clearstream registered an increase of 4 percent to €11.6 trillion...

REGIS-TR is on the road to ESMA acceptance
11 April 2013 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

REGIS-TR, the European Trade Repository owned by Clearstream and Iberclear, is confident that its application to act as a trade repository across all asset classes will be accepted by ESMA...

Clearstream sees €11.5 trillion assets under custody
08 April 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

In March 2013, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered an increase of four percent to €11.5 trillion (compared to €11.1 trillion in March 2012)...

Moscow Exchange renovates Russian security settlement
03 April 2013 Moscow
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Moscow Exchange has begun the settlement of securities on the T+2 basis, one amongst many recent reforms which are hoping to make trading on Russia’s main exchange more attractive to both international and Russian market participants...

GSF down but AUA up for Clearstream
08 March 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Clearstream has released its January 2013 figures, which show a decrease in global securities finance (GSF), but an increase in assets under custody...

Clearstream’s direct link to Russia to go live
14 February 2013 Moscow
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Clearstream will launch its direct settlement link to the Russian market following the opening of a main account at the National Settlement Depository (NSD), the new Russian CSD, in February 2013...

Assets under custody increase but GSF dips for Clearstream
08 February 2013 Frankfurt
Reporter: Jenna Jones

Clearstream has released its January 2013 figures, which show a decrease in global securities finance (GSF), but an increase in assets under custody...