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deltaconX builds European sales team
18 August 2020 Switzerland
Reporter: Natalie Turner

deltaconx has strengthened its sales and customer relations team with the appointment of Massimo Vecchione from REGIS-TR

Cum-ex scandal: Six German bankers charged with €160 million fraud
14 August 2020 Koblenz
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The multi-year, cross-border investigation has so far involved collaboration between three European supervisory bodies to track down the latest suspects in the on-going dividend arbitrage scandal

Clearstream and LCH EquityClear collaborate on new post-trade connection
08 July 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Clearstream Banking S.A. and LCH have agreed to make LCH-cleared equities contracts eligible for settlement within Clearstream Banking S.A.

Access Fintech partners with Clearstream to solve CSDR penalty challenges
16 June 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Access Fintech is joining forces with Clearstream to allow clients to more effectively manage penalties and trade status updates for transactions in scope for CSDR

Clearstream sees GSF spike in May
10 June 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The Deutsche Boerse subsidiary reported a significant volume increase via its global securities finance business last month, compared to the same period last year

Ausmaq becomes Clearstream Australia
04 June 2020 Australia
Reporter: Natalie Turner

After completing an acquisition last year, Ausmaq has officially taken on Clearstream’s name

Dividend arbitrage under the spotlight in EBA inquiry
19 May 2020 Paris
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The European Banking Authority has published its conclusions to its two-year investigation of Cum-Ex/Cum-Cum trades and laid down a 10-point action plan to tackle future financial crime threats

ICSDs held firm during Q1 volatility, says Fitch Ratings
06 May 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Fitch Ratings has given Europe’s ICSDs a clean bill of health following the first-quarter volatility, with an uptick in securities financing trading volumes contributing to bumper revenues

ISLA bolsters pledge GMSLA with new legal opinions
01 May 2020 London
Reporter: Natalie Turner

The opinions on bankruptcy remoteness support ISLA’s collateral pledge GMSLA by assessing the nature of the borrower’s rights in the pledged collateral and the impact on those rights of the insolvency of the custodian and the lender

LuxCSD receives CSDR licence
16 April 2020 Luxembourg
Reporter: Natalie Turner

LuxCSD has gained a licence to act as a central securities depository (CSD) under the Central Securities Depository Regulation.

Deutsche Boerse CSDR buy-in agent gains banking licence
16 April 2020 Frankfurt
Reporter: Drew Nicol

Eurex Securities Transactions Services has taken a major step forward in launching its buy-in service ahead of the go-live of CSDR’s settlement discipline regime

Exclusive: New BBH securities lending leadership revealed
08 April 2020 Boston
Reporter: Natalie Turner

Brown Brothers Harriman has promoted Marney McCabe and Tom Poppey to become co-heads of its global securities lending business after Keith Haberlin shifts roles