Banque de France successfully used Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in a test environment, in connection with TARGET2-Securities, the European Central Bank settlement platform. The test demonstrated that distributed ledger technology could be used to issue CBDC in connection with existing infrastructures such as T2S, where listed securities are delivered.

Delano and Paperjam talked to Clearstream’s Pierre Mottion about new technologies and how they contribute to reduce costs and inefficiencies

With its 57 locations worldwide and more than 9,000 colleagues, Deutsche Börse Group is a contributing member of society. Its obligation therefore goes beyond simply achieving targets for revenues and costs. But what exactly does “going beyond” mean in this context? In our new film, we provide insights into our role in society – and show our diverse perspectives and facets.

The total number of derivatives contracts traded increased by 13 per cent in May compared to the same month last year - from 121.8 million to 137.4 million. This figure included strong growth in traded contracts on European interest rate derivatives and European equity derivatives.

Qontigo’s global index provider STOXX Ltd. announced changes to the DAX index family, which will become effective on 21 June 2021. Auto1 Group SE will be included in the MDAX. The constituents of DAX and TecDAX remain unchanged.