links – ECSDA

ECSDA updates the CSD links matrix

Today, 30/06/2021, ECSDA updates its CSD links matrix. Here are the main numbers:

ECSDA Members have between each other a total of 265 links.
ECSDA Members have links with other CSDs globally for a total of 105.
In total, all links between ECSDA Member-CSDs and other CSDs globally represent 370 links.

Please see the matrix. (updated on 19/10/2021 for EBE, EF and ENL

CSD links in Europe

29 Jul 2016 – How interconnected are CSDs? The latest ECSDA overview of CSD links reveals some interesting facts and figures on existing linkages between European CSDs.
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ECSDA responds to ESMA on CSD authorisation

19 Feb 2015 – In its response to the ESMA consultation on “Level 2” legislation on central securities depositories, ECSDA identifies several issues that need to be solved prior to the finalisation of the new rules.

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A dense network of CSD links

26 Jan 2015 – A “CSD link” is an arrangement allowing a central securities depository to give its clients access to securities maintained in another CSD, without requiring its clients to be direct participants in the other CSD. Links are thus an important means to facilitate cross-border securities transactions and they contribute to market integration. Based on data collected in the second half of 2014, ECSDA has produced an overview of CSD links which shows that a dense network of links has developed over the past years.

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