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Clearstream, LCH, settlement

LCH Ltd-cleared equities contracts to be eligible for settlement via Clearstream Global depository receipts and exchange-traded products in scope Clearstream Banking and LCH have agreed to make LCH-cleared equities contracts…

Clearstream picks US fintech to automate trade documentation for funds

June 17, 2020

automation, Clearstream, Finomial, fintech, Fund Administration

Clearstream, Deutsche Börse Group’s post-trading services provider, has selected Boston-headquartered Finomial’s client lifecycle management technology to automate trade documentation completion for alternative investments, including hedge funds and private equity. From…

Starts and stops for Chinese bonds as global collateral (Premium)

May 26, 2020

China, Collateral Management

CCDC, China, Clearstream, Corporate Bonds, DTCC, Equities, Euroclear, topstory

A long-held goal of the Chinese government is for Chinese bonds to be eligible as collateral in transactions anywhere around the world. Although institutions are taking important steps forward on…

ICSDs appoint China Construction Bank as common depository

May 18, 2020

Central Securities Depositories, China Construction Bank, Clearstream, Eurobonds, Euroclear

The international central securities depositories (ICSDs) Clearstream Banking and Euroclear have appointed China Construction Bank (CCB) as common depository, safekeeper and service provider for their international debt securities, also known…

Fitch maintains stable ratings for Euroclear and Clearstream

May 6, 2020

Clearstream, Euroclear, Fitch

European Securities Depositories’ Credits Stable Despite Volatility Fitch Ratings-London-05 May 2020: European international central securities depositories (ICSDs) have coped well with pandemic-related market volatility thanks to ample latency in transaction…

BNY Mellon, J.P. Morgan, State Street among investors for Citi-developed proxy voting platform raising $20.5mn

May 5, 2020

BNY Mellon, Citi, Clearstream, Computershare, Deutsche Bank, fundraising, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, proxymity, State Street

Highlight: Proxymity launches consortium of financial industry heavyweights and raises $20.5 million in strategic round to become its own entity. BNY Mellon, Citi, Clearstream, Computershare, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, J.P. Morgan,…

Clearstream, Natixis among financial institutions launching investment fund blockchain platform

March 17, 2020

asset management, blockchain, Clearstream, Credit Suisse, FundsDLT, Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Natixis Asset Management

Clearstream, Credit Suisse Asset Management, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, and Natixis Investment Managers have announced a Series A investment in FundsDLT to develop a novel decentralized technology platform to facilitate…

Clearstream receives CSDR licence for its German CSD

January 22, 2020

Deutsche Börse Group’s post-trade services provider Clearstream has obtained the CSDR licence for Clearstream Banking AG, its German central securities depository. The licence was granted by the German Federal Financial…

How collateral harmonization is progressing in Europe (Premium)

July 10, 2019

Collateral Management

Clearstream, collateral management, corporate actions, Fabrice Tomenko, standards, topstory, triparty

Clearstream’s Fabrice Tomenko leads the triparty stream of the ECB’s Collateral Management Harmonization Task Force (CMH-TF), which is making major headway in its work as part of the pan-European settlement…

Clearstream enters Australian market with acquisition of Ausmaq Limited

May 21, 2019

Australia, Clearstream

Deutsche Börse Group’s post-trade services provider Clearstream is further expanding its offering in the investment funds space and enters the Australian market. The company has reached an agreement with National…

SIX to use Clearstream’s Vestima platform for fund processing

June 14, 2018

Clearstream, Fund Administration, SIX

SIX has chosen Clearstream Banking as a strategic partner to consolidate its fund processing activities. Clearstream’s investment fund processing infrastructure Vestima enables processing of all types of funds – from…

Clearstream and Lombard Risk partner on collateral management services ahead of EMIR

June 6, 2018

Clearstream, collateral management, EMIR, Lombard Risk

Lombard Risk’s collateral management clients will gain access to Clearstream’s triparty collateral management services, bringing together more opportunities for real-time collateral mobilization in order to improve liquidity on a global…

Clearstream partners with European fintechs to build revenue-generating platform

May 15, 2018

Clearstream, Deutsche Borse, fintech, regtech

Deutsche Börse Group and its post-trade services provider Clearstream will partner with Germany-based fintech figo and Luxembourg-based regtech start-up Finologee to create a common FinTech Acceleration Platform. The launch is targeted…

Clearstream acquires Swiss fund desk from ZKB

April 23, 2018

Clearstream, fund management, ZKB

Clearstream is expanding its offering in the funds space by acquiring Swisscanto Funds Centre, London (SFCL), from Zürcher Kantonalbank. The transaction, for a high double-digit million euro amount, is expected to…

Clearstream launches T2S Investor-CSD model by migrating 5 markets

April 19, 2018

Clearstream, CSDs, T2S

Deutsche Börse Group’s post-trade services provider Clearstream has successfully migrated the Belgian, Dutch, French, Italian and Luxembourgish markets onto its new TARGET2-Securities (T2S) Investor-CSD model. It thereby brings the first…

What to make of the Deutsche Borse/HQLAx announcement on blockchain for securities lending (Premium)

March 28, 2018

Blockchain, Europe, Repo, Securities Lending, Technology

Clearstream, Deutsche Borse, Eurex Clearing, Eurex repo, HQLAx, Securities Lending, topstory

Deutsche Börse Group and HQLAᵡ announced on Monday a partnership to build a new securities lending blockchain platform based on R3’s Corda technology. “The partners will build a fully integrated…

Clearstream in tie-up with academia for AI and NLP development

February 5, 2018

artificial intelligence, Clearstream

Clearstream has entered into a collaborative research partnership with the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) at the University of Luxembourg. Over the next four years, a joint…

REGIS-TR confirmed as the SFTR trade repository for Clearstream and Eurex

February 1, 2018

Clearstream, Eurex, Regis-TR, Trade repositories

REGIS-TR, the pan-European leader in G20 trade repository services will be the trade repository of choice for Clearstream and Eurex, providing a fully flexible reporting service solution for Securities Finance…

Clearstream’s 2017 marked by T2S and asset servicing overhaul

December 20, 2017

News and Notes, Uncategorized

Asset Servicing, Clearstream, OneClearstream, T2S

In its monthly update, Clearstream discussed 2017, a year in which the post-trade industry has seen a major infrastructure evolution. With completion of the European Central Bank’s TARGET2-Securities (T2S) project…

OneClearstream collateral management service launches

November 16, 2017

Clearstream, collateral, OneCMS, T2S

Clearstream’s new service enabling mutual customers of Clearstream Banking Luxembourg and Clearstream Banking Frankfurt to automatically mobilize assets across both ICSD and CSD for triparty collateral management is now live.…

Clearstream updates on digitization and fintech trends at Deutsche Borse Group

November 15, 2017

artificial intelligence, Big Data, blockchain, Clearstream, Deutsche Borse, machine learning, robotics

New technological developments in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), big data, robotics, blockchain and the like, as well as the rise of fintechs have increased the speed of change…

Clearstream and dwpbank enter strategic T2S partnership

October 19, 2017

Richard Stinchfield

Clearstream, Deutsche Borse, dwpbank, TS2

16.10.2017 Clearstream, the post-trade services provider of Deutsche Börse Group, and Deutsche WertpapierService Bank AG (dwpbank), one of the largest securities services providers for Germany’s financial market, have entered into…

Clearstream and Pirum to offer clients increased collateral efficiency with real-time STP

October 17, 2017

Clearstream, Collateral Management IT, Deutsche Borse, Eurex Clearing, Pirum

Clearstream and the securities finance automation provider Pirum Systems are cooperating to provide mutual clients with real-time exposure visibility and an automated Triparty Required Value (RQV) solution for their securities…

Clearstream and dwpbank enter strategic T2S partnership

October 16, 2017

Clearstream, dwpbank, T2S

Clearstream, the post-trade services provider of Deutsche Börse Group, and Deutsche WertpapierService Bank AG (dwpbank), one of the largest securities services providers for Germany’s financial market, have entered into a…

Clearstream rolls out securities lending pool as part of T2S harmonization

August 9, 2017

Clearstream, Securities Lending

Clearstream has announced the rollout of securities lending into OneClearstream as part of the ICSD’s effort to harmonize connectivity channels, streamline its custody network and improve its asset servicing, collateral management…

Clearstream releases business overview, readies for CSD-regulation

July 28, 2017

In autumn, Clearstream will apply for new licenses to operate under the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR). CSDR obligations require Europe’s CSDs to submit their application files to local regulators…

Improved settlement and matching between Clearstream and Euroclear

June 21, 2017

Clearstream, Euroclear

Clearstream, together with Euroclear Bank, offers improved settlement activity on the Bridge. Thanks to enhanced interoperability between the two international central securities depositories (ICSDs), customers can enjoy a much faster…

Clearstream and ColleX™ collaborate to offer simplified buy-side access to tri-party collateral management

June 21, 2017

LONDON, June 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Clearstream, the international central securities depository (ICSD), and ColleX the collateral exchange platform, announced today a collaboration that brings together ColleX’s visible pricing and liquidity for…

Clearstream: Quantitative Easing continues to put pressure on securities financing industry

April 20, 2017

Clearstream, Repo, Securities Lending

The European Central Bank’s (ECB) decision to stick to its bond buying program despite strong EU-wide economic growth has damped hopes in the market that interest rates will rise any…

Clearstream: LCH SA settlement solution for German debt

April 17, 2017

Clearstream, German debt, LCH

Clearstream is offering a new settlement solution for German debt, for customers who are clearing member firms, clearing Bunds and German repos through LCH SA. Such transactions will be able…

Deutsche Börse presents blockchain concept for risk free cash transfer

January 23, 2017

blockchain, Clearstream, Deutsche Borse, Eurex

Eurex Clearing acts as trusted party for transactions Direct payments with commercial bank money Deutsche Börse Group has developed a concept for riskless transfer of commercial bank money via an…

‘Liquidity Alliance’ of CSDs builds blockchain solution for cross-border collateral transfer

January 19, 2017

blockchain, Canadian Securities Depository, Clearstream, Deutsche Borse, Liquidity Alliance, Strate, VPS

Four international CSDs develop a Blockchain prototype in cooperation with Deutsche Börse Targeted ‘LA Ledger’ solution to provide fast and efficient mobilisation of collateral Four members of the ‘Liquidity Alliance’…

Clearstream updates rates for securities lending and borrowing service

December 8, 2016

Clearstream, securities lending and borrowing

07.12.2016 Clearstream Banking hereby confirms that the Securities Lending and Borrowing rates detailed in the table below will become effective on: 1 January 2017 Clearstream Banking now charges different rates…

UBS teams up with Clearstream and Citi for innovative T2S strategic solution

November 16, 2016

Citi, Clearstream, T2S, UBS

Innovative model combines best of Central Securities Depository (CSD) and agent bank services Leading local market asset services and expertise UBS will be the first financial services firm to start…

SIX Securities Services and Clearstream seek collaboration as European financial landscape becomes more challenging

September 26, 2016

Rising costs of regulation, pressure to reduce margins and increased competition are all factors in drive to potential partnership between Switzerland’s CSD and the European ICSD Group. Emphasis is on…

Clearstream: "vast majority" of banks ready for T2S

July 10, 2016

The vast majority of banks declare themselves ready for the pan-European settlement platform TARGET2-Securities (T2S). This is the finding of a study conducted by Accenture together with Clearstream. The survey…

Clearstream’s Global Securities Financing: Enhanced Triparty Collateral Management reporting

May 30, 2016

Clearstream, collateral management

As part of the Clearstream Banking’s1 November Release, effective 19 November 2016, multiple changes will be implemented to Triparty Collateral Management reporting in order to harmonise information between the CSD…

Clearstream launches new Liquidity Alliance front end

March 10, 2016

Clearstream, Liquidity Alliance

07.03.2016 The new browser-based front end will enable customers of The Liquidity Alliance members to benefit from significant enhancements which will further increase their collateral efficiency ASX (Australia), Cetip (Brazil),…

Holding steady in a 'hurry up and wait' environment – an interview with Clearstream (Premium)

February 17, 2016

Collateral Management, Derivatives, Europe, Market infrastructure, Technology, Tri-Party Repo

Clearstream, collateral mobilization, T2S, topstory

Central Securities Depositories (CSDs) are balancing their traditional guardian roles with competitive market dynamics – including a new deal with buy side firms, maintaining friendly relations with custodians, and preparing…

Collateral management news update – vendors, products and events (Premium)

January 20, 2016

Collateral Management

Clearstream, collateral management, Collateralized Commercial Paper, IMN, Repo, topstory

Collateral management has stayed active in the first weeks of 2016. This news update follows innovations in collateralized commercial products and vendor activities in the market. Conference season is gearing…

Clearstream offers agency lending over Eurex Lending CCP

December 2, 2015

Clearstream, Eurex, Lending CCP

01.12.2015 Agency lending via a central counterparty (CCP) such as Eurex Clearing is an attractive means of enhancing yield through strategic lending while minimising credit and systemic risk since the…

The Liquidity Alliance now able to extend collateral management services to buy-side via 360T

November 12, 2015

360T, Clearstream, Liquidity Alliance

11.11.2015 Service enables the buy-side to trade triparty repos with banks on 360T platform as collateralised alternative to unsecured cash deposits Service already offered by Clearstream and 360T, will be…

Clearstream and Indian Clearing Corporation Limited collaborate on triparty margin collateral management

July 24, 2015

Clearstream, Indian Clearing Corporation Ltd

Indian Clearing Corporation Limited to be linked to Clearstream’s Global Liquidity Hub Clearing members/custodians can use the Global Liquidity Hub to manage margin requirements at Indian Clearing Corporation Limited Collaboration…

T2S launches today: our podcast series on T2S, collateral and liquidity with Clearstream

June 22, 2015

Collateral Management, ECB, Europe, Liquidity Management

Clearstream, ECB, T2S, topstory

Finadium and Clearstream have produced a series of podcasts on T2S, collateral and liquidity. Need to get smart about today’s launch of T2S and what it means for your collateral…

Event recaps: T2S, collateral and liquidity in Frankfurt, London and Paris (Premium Content)

June 8, 2015

Collateral Management, ECB, Europe, Market infrastructure

Clearstream, collateral, Liquidity, T2S, topstory

We’ve just returned from three European road shows with Clearstream discussing T2S, collateral and liquidity. These were extremely interesting – our synopsis and lessons learned are below. The meeting participants…

T2S, the ECB and Quantitative Easing

June 1, 2015

Collateral Management, ECB, Europe, Liquidity Management, Market infrastructure, Regulatory, Settlements

Clearstream, collateral, ECB, Liquidity, Quantitative Easing, Settlements, T2S, topstory

The European Central Bank’s recent Quantitative Easing (QE) program is putting a squeeze on European repo markets. QE takes securities out of the market. T2S will help repo by aggregating…

T2S, Equities and Collateral

May 27, 2015

Collateral Management, ECB, Europe, Liquidity Management, Market infrastructure, Settlements

Clearstream, collateral, Equities, Liquidity, Settlements, T2S, topstory

T2S opens many doors in the world of collateral and liquidity. At its simplest, financial intermediaries will soon be able to open up one account for settlement purposes and one…

T2S, Collateral and Business Model Change

May 26, 2015

Collateral Management, ECB, Europe, Liquidity Management, Market infrastructure, Settlements

Clearstream, collateral, Liquidity, Settlements, T2S, topstory

Despite a common currency, Eurozone securities do not have a single settlement system. That will soon be changing. TARGET2-Securities (T2S), the European Central Bank’s (ECB) settlement initiative, tackles the fragmented…

Finadium announces June events on clearing for repo and funding; T2S, Collateral and Liquidity

April 29, 2015

CCP, Collateral Management, Europe, Liquidity Management, Repo, US

CCPs, Clearing, Clearstream, collateral management, Finadium, Frankfurt, Global Collateral Ltd, Liquidity, London, Market infrastructure, New York, OCC, Paris, Repo, T2S, topstory