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The final chance to fix CSDR’s settlement discipline regime is here
08 December 2020 Belgium
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Industry stakeholders have until 2 February 2021 to submit responses to the EC’s CSDR consultation, and face a tight timetable to make the changes in Q4 2021 before the settlement discipline regime’s February 2022 go-live date

Clearstream adds Spain and Portugal to Investor-CSD
04 December 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Deutsche Boerse’s post-trade services provider Clearstream has added Spain to its Investor-Central Securities Depository

Deutsche Boerse gains majority stake in Quantitative Brokers
02 December 2020 Germany
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Quantitative Brokers is a fintech specialising in advanced execution algorithms and data-driven analytics for global futures, options and interest rate markets

Deutsche Boerse completes Regulatory Reporting Hub sale to MarketAxess
01 December 2020 Germany
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The German exchange group will transition the hub’s clients to MarketAxess over the coming months and is committed to providing technical services until the migration is complete

Deutsche Boerse to take majority stake in ISS
23 November 2020 Germany
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Deutsche Boerse has set its sights on becoming a "leading global ESG data player" through the acquisition of a majority share of approximately 80 percent in Institutional Shareholder Services

CloudMargin appoints first head of information security
16 November 2020 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

CloudMargin's COO says that as the platform attracts more major market participants that require the "highest global standards of excellence" it is seeking to "devote additional expertise to further maturing our risk management programme and informat

First buy-side client inflation swap trades cleared at Eurex
13 November 2020 UK
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Aegon Asset Management is the first buy-side client to clear zero coupon inflation swap transactions at Eurex Clearing, with J.P. Morgan acting as broker

Eurex Clearing expands incentives to switch OTC swap portfolios into the EU
03 November 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Eurex Clearing is offering a complete waiver of booking fees for OTC interest rate swaps and overnight index swaps to entice banks and buy-side members to move their portfolios

Eurex Repo introduces a new standardised Green Bond GC Basket
03 November 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Green Bond GC Basket encompasses euro-denominated debt securities that are issued in adherence with guidelines for sustainable bonds

Deutsche Boerse outlines predicted earnings from Reporting Hub sale
30 October 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The sale of the Regulatory Reporting Hub was initiated in September and is expected to be complete this quarter, with the German exchange group earmarking earnings against 2020 and 2021

Euronext secures Borsa Italiana for €4.3bn from LSEG
09 October 2020 Amsterdam
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The deal is dependent on LSEG being required to sell the Italian exchange as a condition of the European Commission’s clearance for its acquisition of Refinitiv, a global market data provider

LCH SA connects to Cboe Europe for equities clearing
06 October 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

LCH SA offers clearing of all Euronext stocks traded on Cboe Europe’s UK order books