INTERVIEW @ Sibos | A week after Euronext Securities went live with its European CSD model, Pierre Davoust, CEO, explains how it tackles Europe’s long-standing fragmentation and lack of competition, and how it supports the Savings and Investments Union. For decades, issuers have been tied to their domestic infrastructure. The new model opens the door between domestic CSDs, bringing competition and innovation, and lets clients consolidate their business in a single account to settle securities across markets through one CSD. By settling in T2S, Davoust says, the model gives clients choice without fragmenting liquidity.

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