Accelerating growth and competitiveness in a digital era
UK markets modernisation
The UK’s capital markets are evolving fast. From digitising securities and unlocking private capital to moving toward faster settlement, the reforms underway are reshaping how markets fund the real economy. As a trusted financial market infrastructure, Euroclear helps the industry modernise with confidence: combining innovation with operational resilience so change is safe, practical and lasting.
"Markets aren’t for the few; they’re for the many. When we talk about modernising markets, we’re talking about making them more responsive to the needs of everyday people – you and me included."
Chris Elms, CEO, Euroclear UK & International
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Digitisation isn't just a technical upgrade. It's about modernising the UK's capital markets, reducing costs, streamlining operations and improving investor communication. It also lays the groundwork for better governance and increased participation.
By working closely with issuers, brokers and intermediaries, we can remove friction from the process – through clearer guidance, transparency on costs and assisted onboarding. It’s a practical role Euroclear is ready to play.
Accelerated settlement
The UK will move to T+1 in October 2027. This is part of the broader efforts to enhance the efficiency and security of financial markets.
As a linchpin infrastructure within this ecosystem, we are committed to collaborating with all stakeholders towards a synchronised transition in the UK, harmonised with EU and Switzerland, thus modernising our markets to meet evolving global practices.
We are proud to support the UK's Accelerated Settlement Taskforce and will continue to provide the necessary infrastructure and expertise to drive this important transition, enhancing the speed and capital efficiency of financial markets.
Private markets & intermittent trading
Private markets are no longer operating in the shadows. With growing attention from UK regulators and government, there is a clear mandate: unlock the potential of private capital to fuel innovation, scale businesses and drive long-term economic growth.
Unlocking the full potential of private markets requires more than infrastructure – it demands data transparency, investor confidence and collaborative innovation.
We believe that by embedding private companies into formal infrastructure, we can strengthen the IPO pipeline and stimulate long-term growth in public markets. At Euroclear, we are proud to be at the forefront of this transformation.
Digital assets & new market rails
The UK’s FMI landscape is evolving, with innovations reshaping settlement, payments and clearing.
The successful integration of new financial technologies, such as tokenised assets and digital currencies, requires effective public-private partnerships and collaboration to ensure safety by design.
As the UK’s CSD, we are well-positioned to help shape and operationalise this initiative, ensuring safe and scalable adoption of digital assets in regulated markets.
Market resilience & operational readiness
Stress‑testing and industry‑wide exercises help the market prepare for disruption and maintain continuity of service.
Euroclear UK & International caries out regular market-wide resilience exercises. In 2025, we successfully completed the simulation of a Sterling Settlement Postponement scenario together with over 200 clients.
While we all hope such a scenario never arises, exercises like these are vital to ensuring the resilience and readiness of the UK financial market infrastructure.
From convening the industry at our Modernising Securities Markets Conference to roundtables with policymakers and clients, we bring the right voices together to turn intent into implementation.
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