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European capital markets require threefold policy action based on building a true EU single market for financial instruments, improved data quality and transparency in European markets, and strengthened investor protection standards

Since 2017, Eliet has been head of regulatory, compliance and public affairs for Euroclear

Abou-Jaoudé is the CEO of CANDRIAM, a position he has held since 2007. He also serves as chairman of New York Live Investments International

ISDA's Julia Rodkiewicz is joining ICMA as its first Brussels-based staff member in a new EU representative office set to open in May

The association is pushing for the EC to review the current CSDR SDR in line with stakeholder comments to ensure that SDR is also implemented as one legislation

Responses from the consultation, which ran from 8 December last year to 1 February this year, also showed that 14 respondents requested the buy-in regime be retained while 26 either did not respond or were neutral

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

A week before the first go-live of SFDR, the securities lending market still lacks clarity of whether it falls in scope