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More CSDs get authorised under CSDR

Updated 19 September 2018

We are truly happy to see that the list of European Central Securities Depositories Association (ECSDA) members that have been authorised under the new pan-European Union regulation is increasing. The CSDs that have received the authorisation to function under the CSD regulation are:

1. Austian CSD – OeKB CSD. Press release.

2. Danish CSD – VP Securities. Press release.

3. Latvian CSD covering Baltic states – Nasdaq CSD. Press release.

4. Portugese CSD – Interbolsa. Press release.

5. Bulgarian CSD – CDAD. Press release

A new framework for CSD authorisation

22 May 2014 – ECSDA calls for a truly harmonised process for authorising and supervising central securities depositories in the European Union and warns against excessive recordkeeping requirements that seek to turn CSDs into ‘transaction repositories’. …