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Euroclear and KSD sign MOU
01 December 2022 Belgium
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Euroclear Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding with Korea Securities Depository, with the intention of providing more efficient post-trade access to Korea Treasury bonds for international investors

ECSDA appoints new chairs to its working groups
01 December 2022 Europe
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

ECSDA’s policy working group will be chaired by Rossetti, while the settlement working group will be chaired by Sánchez

GenTwo picks EBD for banking services
09 November 2022 Luxembourg
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Securitisation specialist GenTwo has selected Apex Group’s European Depositary Bank to provide global paying agent and banking services to third-party investors

LuxSE introduces new post-trade model
25 October 2022 Luxembourg
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange has partnered with BFF Bank to launch its new post-trade model, which will simplify the post-trade process for trades made on LuxSE’s markets

Euroclear completes first APAC iETFs cross-listing
20 October 2022 Hong Kong
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Euroclear Bank has supported the first APAC cross-listing of UCITS internet exchange traded funds, issued by DWS Group

The industry should look beyond T+1, SIBOS panellist says
17 October 2022 Netherlands
Reporter: Lucy Carter

The comment came from a panel entitled ‘Is T+1 the goal or a step to instant securities settlement?’, where the pervasive question of when Europe would move to a T+1 settlement cycle was unpacked

Kuwait Clearing Company appoints Alex Krunic as CEO
05 October 2022 Kuwait
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Krunic will be responsible for developing post-trade activities and services in the Kuwait region

Securities services under geopolitical pressure, say AFME panellists
04 October 2022 UK
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Securities services are having to adapt faster than ever in the face of unprecedented geopolitical events, increasing regulations, and client demand, say panellists at AFME’s Operations, Post-Trade, Technology & Innovation Conference

MFEXbyEuroclear opens Dublin office
04 October 2022 Ireland
Reporter: Lucy Carter

Alexis Cooper has been appointed as country manager, relocating from the London division

SWIFT pilots Securities View to boost post-trade efficiency
28 September 2022 Brussels
Reporter: AST

Service applies an ISO-standard unique transaction identifier to track progress across the trade lifecycle, enabling market participants to identify trades with high risk of settlement failure and to take pre-emptive action

Mark Gem retained as ECSDA chair as association elects its new board
24 June 2022 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

The European Central Depositories Association has voted in Guillaume Eliet and Indars Aš?uks as its vice-chairs for a three-year term, with Georg Zinner becoming treasurer

Bosonic hires van Amerongen as client solutions director
16 June 2022 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Yvo van Amerongen will lead the Bosonic Cross-Custodian Net Settlement Working Group and support the collaboration between custodians and institutional clients