It looks like ESMA’s application of settlement discipline under CSDR may have extraterritorial impacts, which could result in investor preferences to use one CSD over another to ensure being subject or not being subject to the rules. A review of ESMA’s responses to its consultation on CSDR guidelines highlights the issue.
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