National Bank and Financial Supervisory Authority Approved Migration to T+2 Settlement Cycle

UniCredit Bank S.A.
Summary: 
The National Bank of Romania (NBR) and the Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) approved the amendments to the Central Depository Code related to the implementation of the T+2 settlement cycle.
Thu, 02/10/2014

The Central Depository received the approval on the amendments of the Code of Rules related to the implementation of the T+2 settlement cycle. The amendments will be aplicable starting with 06 October 2014.

In addition, NBR approved the daily cash net settlement processing at 15:00 local time (CET +1) instead of currently 12:00 local time (CET +1).

We kindly remind you of the settlement details necessary for settlement in the new environment (systems‘ segregation and T+2 settlement cycle):

The market deadlines applicable for receiving the settlement instructions for the allocation of trades are:

  • SD-1 18:30 local time (CET +1) (for allocation      of trades on the custodian accounts)
  • SD 11:00 local time (CET +1) with RON 500 penalty      applied by the Central Depository

Matching criteria:

In addition to the already existing matching criteria the field DEAG/REAG (95Q) will now also be a requirement for settlement instructions.

Impact on investors: NBR and FSA approved the regulatory amendments for the T+2 settlement cycle migration.