22 Apr 2016 – Future reporting requirements for securities financing transactions (SFTs) may involve the provision of information on CSDs as “places of settlement”. Commenting on the ESMA Discussion Paper issued on 11 March 2016, ECSDA outlines a couple of important considerations for ensuring that transaction reports are meaningful and consistent across SFT counterparties.
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4 Apr 2016 – In a short response to the Eurosystem consultation on the future of real-time gross settlement (RTGS) services, ECSDA outlines three aspects worth considering from a CSD perspective.
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29 Feb 2016 – The 2015 annual report of the association is available exclusively online and describes the key events that have marked the life of ECSDA in 2015. …
23 Feb 2016 – New global standards on cyber resilience will soon be adopted to complement the oversight Principles for financial market infrastructures (FMIs).
29 Jan 2016 – Responding to a call for evidence on the EU regulatory framework for financial services, ECSDA has identified several areas where the quality of law-making can be improved in relation to post trade services and the activities of central securities depositories in particular.
13 Oct 2015 – Based on data collected from 41 CSDs across Europe, ECSDA’s new report describes existing account segregation practices with a view to inform the current debate on the optimal level of segregation, focusing on the perspective of central securities depositories.
24 Sep 2015 – This year’s edition of the Factbook offers an up-to-date overview of the CSD landscape in Europe.
6 Aug 2015 – The CSD Regulation and its accompanying technical standards should not require CSDs to play an active role in the processing of buy-in instructions. In line with current practice, buy-ins should be executed at trading level whenever possible, rather than at CSD participant level.