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Markit Begins Euroclear Bond Data Distribution
The data services provider has begun distributing the first portions of bond data that it plans to offer under its agreement with Euroclear Bank
Taxing Times
Decisions by France and Italy to introduce taxes on financial transactions have created new challenges for data managers who must identify all instruments that are affected. As more European countries plan to roll out similar taxes, firms will have to…
Pulp Fiction: The Case for Dematerialization
Starting around the mid-1980s, securities depositories and the financial services industry as a whole began to move toward a process of converting paper stock certificates to electronic formats. Reasons of market efficiency and risk reduction are cited…
Euroclear Nederland Exits Paper Certificates
Dutch central securities depository (CSD) Euroclear Nederland has announced that it recently completed a full-scale dematerialization project for all securities in the country, moving stock certificates to electronic formats.
Euroclear and Citi Partner for Collateral Management
Euroclear Bank and Citi have announced that they will collaborate on a collateral arrangement that allows mutual client assets held at the latter to be used through the former's tri-party services.
CME Clearing Europe Joins Euroclear's Collateral Network
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Clearing Europe has become a member of Euroclear Bank's Collateral Highway, which facilitates processes such as tri-party collateral management through operating agreements.
UBS, HSBC Complete RMB Repo with Euroclear
UBS and HSBC have completed their first cross-border renminbi triparty repo, using Euroclear Bank and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) as collateral agents.
Euroclear Taps SmartStream To Run Data Utility
Euroclear and SmartStream have launched Central Data Utility (CDU), using SmartStream systems to reduce broken trades caused by fragmented or bad data
Euroclear To Launch Online Service For Corporate Actions
EasyWay has been developed in close collaboration with five financial firms and will provide users with a consolidated view of corporate actions data, including uninstructed balances, pending instructions and tri-party collateral
Markit To Distribute Euroclear Bond Data
The data provider expects to begin distributing Euroclear's Eurobond reference data at the end of this year or in early 2013
Three Euro CSDs Sign Up to T2S
Euroclear Belgium, France and Nederland join settlement platform project.
Euroclear Bank and NSD Plan Russian Securities Service
Settlement, custody and related services for stock exchange and OTC equity trades to be provided, as well as government and corporate bond transactions.
Asian Partnership to Launch Cross-Border Debt Settlement Platform
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Bank Negara Malaysia and Euroclear Bank expect the platform, set to debut March 30, to optimize existing links between settlement destinations.
The Road To European Harmonization
Strapline: Regulation & Standards
Euroclear Shifts Executives' Roles
The trade settlement services provider has named Luc Vantomme as chief risk officer, and plans changes for three CEOs of specific country units
Euroclear, Capital Precision Team on Shareholder IDs
Collaboration between Euroclear and Capital Precision creates a 'one-stop shop' for worldwide shareholder identification data
A Slow Shift to ISO 20022
Strapline: Golden Copy
Setting Standards in Stone
The Standards Forum at this year’s Sibos seeks to further the adoption of the ISO 20022 messaging standard. Carla Mangado hears about where the gaps are and what the challenges will be
The Next Step for Standards
Strapline: Interview With
Two ISO Standards Create Maintenance Challenges, Experts Say
Industry practitioners claim the longer the co-existence period between ISO 15022 and ISO 20022, the more challenges they will face
Euroclear's De Pauw: Standards' Co-Existence May Slow Down ISO 20022 Benefits
With Sibos around the corner, Inside Reference Data speaks to Euroclear's de Pauw on the challenges that come hand-in-hand with standards' co-existence