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Alliance of 14 trade body call for CSDR buy-in delay
12 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ISLA, ICMA and ISDA are among 14 trade bodies to renew calls for the buy-ins rules to be shelved until "essential" amendments are in place and to give in-scope entities more time to prepare

EC publishes CSDR inception impact assessment
12 March 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The review, which will remain open until 5 April, will assess how well EU rules on central securities depositories are working

SWIFT approves KDPW ISO20022 buy-in message for CSDR
26 February 2021 Poland
Reporter: Drew Nicol

As the first buy-in messages ever to be registered, they set the reporting standard, developed from scratch in ISO20022, KDPW says

AFME: CSDR’s SDR mandatory buy-ins present ‘significant risk’ to Europe’s COVID recovery
12 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

AFME highlights the risk of mandatory buy-ins to Europe’s economic recovery from the pandemic and calling for the measure to be removed from the upcoming CSDR

ISLA: CSDR buy-ins may deter asset owners from lending
03 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

To avoid damaging market liquidity and stability, the trade body suggests the CSDR settlement discipline regime should be split in two, with cash penalties going live in February and the buy-ins held pending a “in-depth assessment"

CSDR consultation: EACH calls for delays to settlement discipline regime
03 February 2021 Brussels
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

EACH explains that a delay to CSDR’s SDR would provide market infrastructures and other market participants sufficient time to implement and would also avoid unnecessary duplicative implementation costs

CSDR consultation is over, ICMA underscores need for mandatory buy-in reforms
02 February 2021 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

ICMA has presented a ‘waterfall’ of proposals for implementing the SDR, based on its members’ assessment of what it considers most optimal in terms of minimising disruption to Europe’s bonds markets while still attaining the objectives of CSDR

Brexit: UK sets out final SFTR, EMIR and MIFID II reporting rules
23 December 2020 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

The FCA has confirmed the final reporting rules post-Brexit but says it will not fine non-compliant firms that can show their homework

BoE grants CSDR licence to Euroclear UK & Ireland
08 December 2020 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

This makes EUI the seventh and final CSD entity in the Euroclear Group to receive its licence

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

EC gives green light to Euroclear UK & Ireland for temporary equivalence extension
30 November 2020 Ireland
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The European Commission has granted Euroclear UK & Ireland the ability to continue to offer issuer central security depository services after the Brexit transition period ends on 31 December

EU and UK risk SFTR data blackout post Brexit
12 November 2020 UK
Reporter: Drew Nicol

HM Treasury has granted equivalency to EEA states for CSDR, EMIR and SSR, but SFTR is now not expected to be agreed by either party until after 31 December