Overview
- The floating-rate notes were listed on the London Stock Exchange’s International Securities Market, providing public market visibility.
- Settlement and record-keeping ran on Euroclear’s Digital Financial Market Infrastructure, a regulated permissioned DLT integrated with custody systems.
- Standard Chartered served as sole global coordinator and sole arranger, leading structuring, execution, and distribution, with Citi acting as issuing and paying agent.
- Doha Bank and Euroclear executives said the deal proves same-day issuance, allocation, and settlement are workable through regulated DLT.
- The transaction aligns with a Middle East and Asia pivot toward interoperable platforms such as HSBC’s Orion and JPMorgan’s Onyx/Kinexys that connect to existing post-trade rails.