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    11/05/2020
    The European Securities and Markets Authority has published two reports relevant to the EU Central Securities Depositaries Regulation. The CSDR provides a harmonized regulatory and prudential regime for CSDs and increases the robustness and resilience of securities settlement arrangements. There is a single market for CSD services across the EU and a third-country equivalence regime for CSDs. ESMA's reports, which will be considered as part of the upcoming review of CSDR by the European Commission, are on the following:
    1. Internalized settlement, which is the regime for settlement other than through an EU CSD. In the report, ESMA notes that no significant risks have been identified. National EU regulators have identified that operational risk and custody risk are evident, in response to which, ESMA recommends improved operational processes and enhanced identification of client accounts. According to ESMA, the issues involved in the internalized settlement reporting regime are normal in terms of any new reporting requirements. Noting the limited time period that the data covers, ESMA highlights that continued monitoring of the regime is important to assess whether the area warrants regulation. ESMA considers that custodian clients should at least be informed of the risks and costs of the place of settlement.
    2. Cross-border services and handling of applications. ESMA found that CSDR has had a limited impact on the provision of cross-border services in the EU by EU CSDs. ESMA states that future reports will need access to more detailed information and that they should consider whether most of the activity remains with global custodians as well as the impact of CSDR on costs and competition.

    View ESMA's reports.

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