Christine Lagarde will leave the European Central Bank presidency on February 7, 2027, while the Eurosystem continues assessing infrastructure choices for Europe's tokenized financial markets. The departure was announced on October 29, one day after the Eurosystem released consultation findings for Appia. Appia seeks to integrate wholesale tokenized finance, in which distributed ledgers carry newly

The security may serve as collateral with the Eurosystem and Eurex, subject to admission. Clearstream manages the tokenised issue on the D7 platform; the Bundesbank acts as issuing and paying agent. DZ Bank, HSBC, Santander and Société Générale are joint lead managers. On 26 October, Monday, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the intergovernmental fund set

Keynote address by Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at an EU T+1 Industry Committee event on “One year to T+1” Frankfurt am Main, 29 October 2026 We are approaching an important milestone.[1] Less than a year from now, on 11 October 2027, Europe will move to T+1 settlement. This means

ME News reports that on October 29 (UTC+8), according to an announcement by global securities financing technology firm EquiLend, Goldman Sachs has begun using its distributed ledger platform, 1Source, built on the Canton Network, joining the ranks of BNY Mellon and National Bank of Canada. The platform synchronizes securities lending transactions and subsequent modifications via

Clearstream will enable asset managers to issue dematerialized, tokenized fund share classes within a fully regulated framework Clearstream’s permissioned DLT environment delivers automated controls, reconciliation, and transparent holding-chain monitoring Clients can introduce tokenized share classes within existing fund structures, retaining their established servicing arrangements and transitioning at their own pace Clearstream, Deutsche Börse Group’s post-trade

The Hong Kong arm of Mirae Asset Securities announced its first tokenized structured product as part of a larger $3 billion guaranteed structured product program. Singapore’s Marketnode acted as distribution partner for the private placement to eligible institutional investors. The six month floating rate notes are denominated in US dollars and issued out of Hong