Euroclear Unveils Plan to Connect All EU Markets for Post-Trade Services

Euroclear has announced an ambitious initiative to create a unified post-trade market infrastructure across all 27 EU member states. The plan aims to enhance efficiency, foster competition, and solidify Europe's position as a global investment hub by integrating equities, fixed income, and funds under a single framework.

The infrastructure will leverage Euroclear's dual expertise as both an international Central Securities Depository and operator of six local CSDs. Key to the strategy is accelerating connectivity between Euroclear Bank and the ECB's T2S platform, offering both central bank and commercial bank money access.

This MOVE comes as European markets face increasing competition from global financial centers. By eliminating fragmentation, Euroclear seeks to reduce costs for issuers while improving liquidity for investors - a combination that could make EU capital markets more attractive relative to US and Asian alternatives.