Monica Singer has said that South Africa’s Central Securities Depository (CSD) strongly advocates the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures (PFMIs) published by …
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Q&A on Risk Management
Strate’s Head of Risk, Dale Connock, was recently approached with questions from the Africa & Middle East Depositories Association (AMEDA) on the CSD Settlement Guarantee. Here is what he had to say …
Continue readingCentralised Web Portal for CSD Clients Goes Live
Strate has implemented a new web-based portal to allow its clients to have a user-friendly tool that allows them to securely log on to an online portal, enabling them to communicate and transact with Strate…
Continue readingCSD12 Update
The Association of Eurasian Central Securities Depositories (AECSD) hosted the 12th Conference of Central Securities Depositories from 29 May 2013 to 31 May 2013 in Saint Petersburg, Russia Federation…
Continue readingStrate bids farewell to Mary Ann Callahan
Mary Ann Callahan, the former president of the Americas’ Central Securities Depositories Association (ACSDA) and a colleague from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), will be retiring at the end of May.
Continue readingPartnerships and collaboration: a new future for CSDs
The financial landscape has evolved over the past five years with the heightened expectation that market infrastructures will further refine their risk management models and focus on asset safety. The lessons from the Global Financial Crisis have taught the industry that the need to restore stability …
Continue readingThe legal impact of privacy laws on the share register
The much-anticipated Protection of Personal Information Bill (PoPI) and the Financial Markets Act 2012 (FMA) will have a huge influence on the manner in which Strate deals with personal information in relation to the shareholders of listed companies …
Continue readingLiquidity Alliance launched to address global collateral crunch
The goal of the Liquidity Alliance is to exchange information, identify common needs and to extend global collateral solution. The Alliance will be a dynamic forum and open to additional participants from all regions …
Continue readingEuroclear opens a Segregated Depository Account at Strate
One of Europe’s providers of post-trade services, Euroclear, has opened a Segregated Depository Account, allowing for the legal record of ownership to be recorded at CSD level …
Continue readingStrate recognised as a Southern African Best Company to Work For in 2012 Deloitte survey
Strate has been voted the Southern African best company to work for regional winner in the 2012 Deloitte ‘Best Company To Work For’ Survey’s small company category …
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