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1 February 2012
Strong operating performance for Euroclear in 2011
Euroclear clients settled transactions valued at a record EUR 580 trillion and deposited an unprecedented EUR 22 trillion of assets for safekeeping and asset servicing with the Euroclear group national and international central securities depositories in 2011.
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2 January 2012
Markit and Euroclear Bank to create an end-to-end post-trade platform for syndicated loans
Markit and Euroclear Bank has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to jointly create an operational infrastructure to support the use of loans as collateral in financing transactions.
In parallel, Markit and Euroclear Bank intend to collaborate on introducing a series of other services to enhance transparency, automation and trade settlement for the European leveraged loan market.
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19 December 2011
BlackRock’s money market funds now available to re-invest cash collateral at Euroclear Bank
BlackRock has made its family of money market funds available to Euroclear Bank’s clients, enabling them to re-invest cash received as collateral in triparty transactions managed by Euroclear Bank. Re-investing cash collateral is a frequent challenge in this type of transaction.
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12 December 2011
Euroclear plans senior management changes
Several Euroclear senior management changes are expected to be implemented in early 2012, once the relevant regulatory approvals are obtained.
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24 November 2011
Euroclear France secures local market liquidity with collateral
Euroclear France, the French central securities depository (CSD), is launching its first triparty collateral management service for the French market.
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10 November 2011
Euroclear Bank arranges new Greek government debt swap
Euroclear Bank, which recently orchestrated the first swap of Greek government bonds between a number of consenting
primary dealers in such securities, will run a second swap in such debt instruments next week.
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11 October 2011
Euroclear and Capital Precision transform equity shareholder identification
Capital Precision, part of global stakeholder relations firm King Worldwide, and Euroclear have today signed a co-operation agreement to centralise the provision of worldwide shareholder identification data to equity issuers in key markets.
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10 June 2011
Euroclear Bank to open Dubai office
Opening an office in Dubai is a natural progression of our growing involvement in the Middle East. The Dubai office will be led by Bernard Ferran who has more than ten years of Commercial Division experience with Euroclear.
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21 March 2011
Anso Thiré is the new Chief Executive of Euroclear Finland
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20 January 2011 - Stockholm
Euroclear Sweden to automate fund-transaction processing
Euroclear Sweden announces the launch of its inaugural service to automate and standardise fund-transaction processing. Fund management firms, fund distributors and transfer agents in Sweden may now benefit from automated fund-transaction order routing between relevant parties and settlement of the cash-related part of the transaction on a straight-through processing basis at Euroclear Sweden.
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5 October 2010 - Brussels and New York
Euroclear and Broadridge to jointly offer end-to-end shareholder voting.
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. and Euroclear have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) whereby both firms are looking into forming an alliance to jointly strengthen shareholders’ governance rights by making it easier for investors to vote electronically at company general meetings.
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7 June 2010
Relocation of Euroclear Sweden
Euroclear Sweden AB chooses Stockholm Waterfront
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16 October 2009
Chairman of Euroclear Finland and Sweden to step down
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10 February 2009
NCSD becomes Euroclear Finland and Euroclear Sweden
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7 January 2009
ECSDA publishes new communication standards for CSDs
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3 November 2008 - Brussels, Helsinki and Stockholm
Euroclear welcomes Nordic CSD as aquisition closes and management positions confirmed
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2 June 2008 - Brussels, Helsinki and Stockholm
Nordic CSD to join the Euroclear group - CSD consolidation accelerates
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