Market Infrastructure

Enhancement adds local paying agency capabilities for European debt capital markets. 

Listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, the note raised $300 million to support Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s sustainable development bond programme. 

Enhancements to post-trade platform, developed in partnership with Google, enable mass processing of up to 40,000 issuances per day.  

Securities services industry appears unscathed in the wake of major disruption to IT systems around the world, as largest players inform Global Custodian of the impact on their business.  

ICSD also announces a redesign of the structure and composition of its top management team, which includes a string of appointments to the executive committee.  

New launch provides market access to settle and safekeep Korean government bonds through an omnibus account structure.

This milestone makes Korean government debt Euroclearable, enabling KTBs and MSBs to be settled via the Euroclearable link, which allows international investors efficient post-trade access to the market. 

New trading platform in the art investment space, ARTEX, has collaborated with Euroclear to make art public via equity shares.

In addition to introducing e-GNs as a new type of Eurobonds, both Clearstream and Euroclear now support the use of electronic signatures for all issuance documentation related to Eurobonds. 

Increase in affirmation rates despite double-settlement day which included T+2 trades from prior to 28 May.