LuxCSD – your local access to T2S
We see T2S in the context of a wider change process taking place in the financial industry. The T2S migration waves are taking place against a rapidly changing regulatory backdrop that in Europe involves the implementation of new Basel III minimum ratios, EMIR mandatory clearing, and a tightening of rules under the aegis of AIFMD and UCITS V.
Within this context T2S is triggering change on two levels. Firstly there are mandatory changes – changes necessary to comply with new market practice and regulation. Alongside this there is the opportunity in particular for customers to reengineer and redefine their cash and securities networks to optimise their business in this new operating paradigm.
LuxCSD is to provide internationally active market actors with a Luxembourg based access point to T2S, providing the full range of T2S functionalities. It will distinguish itself by providing exceptionally flexible services for both a domestic and international community, particularly in the fields of securities issuance and investment funds services.
Central bank money issuance
As a robust and reliable institution that is fully owned by Clearstream International S.A., customers can benefit from a uniquely close relationship with an important central bank that they can trust when undertaking their issuance activity.
LuxCSD’s issuer CSD status for T2S provides customers with the safety of central bank money issuance into the new settlement platform. Complementing this, through its issuance and distribution hub, LuxCSD offers flexible solutions with regards to the conditions and particulars of new issues, giving customers high levels of choice with regard to eligible jurisdictions, currencies and dematerialisation status of securities.
In addition, LuxCSD offers investor CSD services for a number of T2S markets through its direct link with CBF. For the specific details of the link to CBF and the markets covered, please refer to the Market Link Guide.
LuxCSD: T2S access point for Luxembourg domiciled funds
Luxembourg is a leading centre for the issuance and distribution of investment funds with more than EUR 3.4 trillion of assets under custody. LuxCSD is to serve as a T2S access point for investment fund settlement in CeBM in the same way as it does for other asset classes. It functions as a centralised facility for the issuance, settlement and custody of investment funds.
LuxCSD additionally offers a wide range of value added services for funds, such as tailored transparency reporting.
Connectivity: Xact Web Portal
Xact serves as a single point of access to all our markets and asset types, thereby offering multiple opportunities for asset consolidation. A more detailed description is available in the attachment below.