Check if the document is available in the language of your choice. CHALLENGE Achieving continuity amid disruption When COVID-19 uncertainty hit financial markets in March 2020, it triggered a rush to safety. Investors around the world sold securities in droves, sending transaction volumes to record highs. As a result, facilitating the timely transfer of funds to sellers and securities to buyers without interruption became a challenge. But Euroclear’s robust framework coped well during the pandemic. It processed 20% more transactions in the first half of 2020 compared to the previous year. As one of the world’s largest settlement houses, the Brussels-based group processes and settles around €800 trillion a year in securities and derivatives trades. It also holds more than €

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