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LSEG announces onchain settlement capability
12 February 2026 UK
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LSEG, a financial markets infrastructure and data provider, has unveiled its plans to build an onchain settlement capability, the LSEG Digital Securities Depository (DSD).
The initiative will be built to offer a market infrastructure solution for institutional market participants, according to the group.
The LSEG DSD is said to offer full interoperability, the ability to connect traditional and digital markets, multiple-chain support, as well as interaction between existing settlement platforms and new digital infrastructure.
Moreover, the capability intends to drive greater collateral management efficiencies, besides facilitating access to liquidity for fixed income, equities, and private markets, among other assets.
LSEG also says, as part of the design and product introduction process, it will form a partner group to “ensure market feedback is incorporated into the build, and unlock scale and enable issuance, settlement and trading in both digitally native and digital representations of traditional securities.”
Daniel Maguire, group head of markets, LSEG, says: “We look forward to welcoming new strategic partners as we build LSEG Digital Market Infrastructure — a seamless ecosystem in which participants can move effortlessly between digital and traditional markets, connected across time zones and choice of payment options.”
Additional comments from Barclays, Brookfield, Lloyds, NatWest Markets, Standard Chartered, and State Street, unanimously welcomed the initiative as positive in both the development and adoption of digital assets across UK markets.
The initiative will be built to offer a market infrastructure solution for institutional market participants, according to the group.
The LSEG DSD is said to offer full interoperability, the ability to connect traditional and digital markets, multiple-chain support, as well as interaction between existing settlement platforms and new digital infrastructure.
Moreover, the capability intends to drive greater collateral management efficiencies, besides facilitating access to liquidity for fixed income, equities, and private markets, among other assets.
LSEG also says, as part of the design and product introduction process, it will form a partner group to “ensure market feedback is incorporated into the build, and unlock scale and enable issuance, settlement and trading in both digitally native and digital representations of traditional securities.”
Daniel Maguire, group head of markets, LSEG, says: “We look forward to welcoming new strategic partners as we build LSEG Digital Market Infrastructure — a seamless ecosystem in which participants can move effortlessly between digital and traditional markets, connected across time zones and choice of payment options.”
Additional comments from Barclays, Brookfield, Lloyds, NatWest Markets, Standard Chartered, and State Street, unanimously welcomed the initiative as positive in both the development and adoption of digital assets across UK markets.
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