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Industry

Euroclear Nordics joins Capital Markets Track of the Nordic Compass

22 October 2026 Norway
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Euroclear Nordics, which comprises the Central Securities Depositories in Sweden and Finland, will bring expertise in market infrastructure and investment flows, connecting issuers and investors across the region to the alliance

Regulation

FRA approves model short selling contracts

22 October 2026 Egypt
Reporter: Theodore Law

Following FRA Decision No. 155 of 2026, the new model contract standardises the procedural roles, fees, and collateral obligations for transactions executed via the MCDR centralised lending platform

Technology

ISDA launches AI traceability tool for DRR solution

22 October 2026 US
Reporter: Theodore Law

The ISDA Digital Regulatory Reporting tracer agent will allow users to look back at the history of DRR decision-making to understand when and why coding choices were made

Industry

Luxembourg State Treasury issues first DLT benchmark bond in LuxCSD

22 October 2026 Luxembourg
Reporter: Theodore Law

People moves

Euroclear promotes Eliet and Haegeman

21 October 2026 Europe
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Regulation

ESMA specifies requirements on post-trade risk reduction services

21 October 2026 Europe
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Meeting these conditions allows for certain OTC derivative transactions to be exempt from the clearing obligation under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation 3

People moves

Velocity Clearing bolsters Global Markets leadership

21 October 2026 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Dante Ferrarie will lead Global Markets distribution, as well as equities and derivatives outsourced trading, while Michael Capelli will lead global trading product management

Derivatives

Muqassa welcomes Al Rajhi Capital

21 October 2026 Saudi Arabia
Reporter: Theodore Law

Al Rajhi Capital completed the regulatory and technical requirements to become a member in the derivatives market

Industry

Clearstream GSF volume outstanding climbs 23% YoY for September

21 October 2026 Luxembourg
Reporter: Theodore Law

The business also reports a 29 per cent increase in year-to-date figures for the same month to €1,007 billion

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