Clearstream announced that 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 to be settled in customers' Clearstream Banking Luxembourg (CBL) account, in addition to the Clearstream Banking Frankfurt (CBF) setup as an existing settlement…
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Enormous amounts of data are inserted into and have to be processed by the European Central Bank’s securities settlement platform TARGET2-Securities (T2S) day by day. This however does not mean that T2S has already achieved its ultimate goal, Clearstream reported. The technical integration of the European settlement systems can only be a first step,” says…
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Deutsche Boerse's Clearstream just announced that phase 2 of the Bridge enhancements will be effective on 19 June 2017. The main goal will be to further improve the matching process to near real-time and to almost triple the number of inter-ICSD settlement transmissions. These enhancements will be brought about by the introduction of a rolling…
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Migration completed with failure rate of 0% / First settlement day on ECB platform successfully concluded The Central Securities Depository (CSD) within Deutsche Börse Group, Clearstream, completed its migration to the TARGET2-Securities (T2S) platform, run by the Eurosystem, with a failure rate of zero percent. Clearstream also successfully concluded its first settlement day on the…
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Clearstream (Clearstream Banking Frankfurt and LuxCSD) just announced that it has successfully migrated to the ECB’s TARGET2-Securities (T2S) platform. The first business day is already in process and runs smoothly. As it is the largest T2S participant, the migration of Clearstream has added an unprecedented volume of about 40% to the overall volume on the…
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With the upcoming fourth and penultimate migration wave of TARGET2-Securities (T2S), Europe is taking a crucial step towards a harmonised settlement landscape. Clearstream, the largest T2S participant, will go live in February 2017, bringing about 40% of the overall volume to the European Central Bank’s settlement platform. This will lead to a doubling of current…
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The majority of wealth management firms will prioritise improved operational efficiency and client asset protection in the next 12 months. This is one of the findings of a recent Clearstream-commissioned survey among wealth management firms conducted by Goodacre, the leading specialist consultancy for the securities industry in the UK. The survey report ‘The Wealth Landscape:…
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Clearstream, jointly with DekaBank, has developed a settlement solution that supports domestic settlement of DekaBank’s cleared trading activity on Euronext, tpREPO and BrokerTec across the markets of Belgium, France and the Netherlands. The model responds to an increasing market need for simplified cross-border settlement and contributes to current EU-wide efforts to harmonise practices across Europe's…
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In collaboration with UBS, Clearstream and Citi have designed an innovative market-side network model that enables banks and broker-dealers to optimise their operating models and reap the maximum benefit from TARGET2-Securities (T2S), the Pan-European settlement platform operated by the Eurosystem. The new solution will provide market participants with a single point of access to T2S,…
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Clearstream has just announced its October volume report. Despite the thorough Blockchain analysis Clearstream and the whole Deutsche Boerse Group announced earlier today, the highlights last month were: International business Securities deposits were €6,722 billion - just a bit lower (1%), compared to last year. The number of transactions, on the other hand, made a…
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