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Canada’s triparty repo launch aims to fill C$60bn void
Test trades on TMX/Clearstream platform represent “quantum leap” for creaking funding markets
BNY Mellon offers ‘seg-light’ custody model to aid IM prep
Pre-prepared docs would cut unnecessary account fees and reduce risk of trading halts
Russia’s foreign currency debt pile at risk of default
Sanctions could block coupon payments on $200bn of externally held foreign currency bonds
Phase five margin queues spur calls for custody revamp
Custodians urged to update “antiquated technology” ahead of three-fold jump in phase six initial margin onboarding
Custody battle: competing tensions put IM prep in jeopardy
Conflicting custody interests and delayed docs call IM phase five readiness into question
Clearing house of the year: LCH
Risk Awards 2020: CCP conquers Brexit threat to deliver banner year for RFRs, margin and forex
Clearstream, Euroclear eye buy-side bonanza as IM rules loom
Depositories offer access to automated margining in different ways, but each faces challenges
National curbs hit budding pan-EU settlement market
As T2S approaches final migration, restrictions on primary dealers undermine efficiencies
Esma backtracks on account segregation
Status quo protected for rehypothecation of collateral in tri-party, securities lending and prime brokerage
Distributed ledger innovators imagine a world without CSDs
CSDs counter they fulfil functions blockchain cannot, and regulatory changes are needed to disintermediate them
Euroclear and Clearstream granted time to agree joint road map
Icma ERC continues to push for plans to improve Bridge settlement times
European Repo Council chair threatens to call in EC over settlement times
De Vidts’ impartiality questioned due to dual Clearstream role
Collateral makes the world go round
Sponsored feature: Clearstream
Clearstream acquires Citco fund services subsidiary
Deal worth €40 million-50 million
Hedge funds face automation challenge
Automation challenge
Custody Risk announces shortlist for European Awards 2013
The shortlist has been announced for the Custody Risk European Awards 2013
BBH disappointed burden of proof reversed in AIFMD
Quotes of the quarter
Clearstream COO: T2S will help plug Basel III capital hole
Mathias Papenfuss, chief operating officer of Luxembourg-based international central securities depository Clearstream and board member of its German central securities depository, tells Luke Clancy the Target2-Securities project has potential to help…
Rise in CCPs may spur collateral fragmentation
Currency controls
Central clearing obligations cause collateral headaches in Asia
Collateral thinking