Intesa Sanpaolo joins Euroclear’s single CSD platform
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Intesa Sanpaolo joins Euroclear’s single CSD platform 25 April 2019Brussels Reporter: Rebecca Delaney
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Intesa Sanpaolo has joined Euroclear’s single central securities depository (CSD) platform.
The platform offers access to the European Central Bank’s Target2Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï (T2S) system, which provides centralised settlement across European securities finance markets, in an effort to create a “single integrated settlement modelâ€� across the continent.
The single CSD platform will also allow Intesa Sanpaolo to access Euroclear Settlement of Euronext-zone Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï (ESES) markets through the T2S settlement, including Belgium, France and the Netherlands.
Commenting on the partnership, ESES’s CEO Brigitte Daurelle said: “We are extremely pleased to welcome Intesa Sanpaolo onto our single CSD platform, which will provide an efficient gateway to Eurozone liquidity for international investors.�
Intesa Sanpaolo’s head of global transaction banking, corporate and investment banking, Stefano Favale, added: “We are delighted to have reached, in close partnership with Euroclear, this important milestone as a result of our successful collaboration aimed at evolving and extending the services for our clients.�
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