Settlement services - Irish government debt securities - Citibank

28.09.2020

Pre-matching service

The table below summarises CBL's pre-matching service for external settlement instructions, as well as the pre-matching method and start time in the market. For details of CBL's pre-matching services, see Pre-matching services for external settlement instructions.

Service offered

Method employed

Start (local time)

Immediate Release Flag available

Automated through Citibank NA, London

On receipt of instructions


Connectivity medium

Instruction format

Xact Web Portal

Tick to enable the “Immediate Release” option.

Xact via SWIFT and Xact File Transfer

Field :22F::STCO/CEDE/IREL

Procedures for domestic counterparties

Procedure for the domestic counterparty

Deadline

Receipt in CBL

Domestic counterparties must instruct as follows:

Deliver to: Citibank NA London participant account in Euroclear Bank 22818

For account of: Clearstream Banking, Luxembourg account  6010145653

In favour of: Account number of CBL customer

Market deadline

Delivery from CBL

Domestic counterparties must instruct as follows:

Receive from: Citibank NA London account - participant account in Euroclear Bank 22818

From account of: Clearstream Banking, Luxembourg account 6010145653

By order of: Account number of CBL customer

Market deadline

Allowed countervalue difference

A maximum difference in countervalue of GBP 10, EUR 15 or USD 15 is allowed for matching and settlement of against payment transactions with domestic counterparties.

Specific settlement rules / settlement restrictions

Transactions in Irish government bonds settle on trade date plus 2 business days (TD+2).

Partial settlement

Partial settlement is not applicable to transactions in Irish government bonds.

Management of failed instructions

Unconfirmed instructions remain in suspense for ten business days, after the requested settlement date or the next business day.

Pending-unmatched residual and removal transactions will be cancelled by the depository fifteen business days after the requested settlement date.

CBL reserves the right to cancel unmatched receipt and delivery instructions that have not settled on the fifth domestic business day after the requested settlement date and have not been re-confirmed by the customer.

Registration

The Central Bank of Ireland, CBI, is the registrar for Irish government bonds. The CBI register consists of the holdings of:

  • Euroclear Nominees Limited (grouping all securities positions held in Euroclear Bank  accounts into a single account on the register);
  • Non-Euroclear Nominees (mainly retail investors).
  • Clearstream holdings are held under Citibank NA London account at EB 22818

New issues settlement

Transactions in new issues are settled on the day on which the distribution takes place in the Irish market.