Our purpose, mission and values

Our purpose

We innovate to bring safety, efficiency and connections to financial markets for sustainable economic growth.

Our strategy

By partnering with our clients, we are strengthening and growing our ecosystem by providing more digital and data-enabled solutions to market participants in a resilient and efficient way. We are expanding our activities with particular attention to growth in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Maintaining our competitive EDGE

EDGE is our framework designed to execute on our strategic priorities. With these four letters, we will focus our efforts on where we can create the most long-term value for all our stakeholders.

We will Expand our business in Europe, Asia and the Middle East and drive Data and digital innovation. We will Grow our core business lines in collateral, banking and funds, and maintain a strong focus on Effectiveness of resilience and capital, in order to deliver positive operating leverage and operational velocity. 

Our values

Our corporate values are encapsulated in the mnemonic I See 'IC', which stands for:

  • Integrity
  • Client centricity
  • Care
  • Collective ownership
  • Courage
  • Curiosity

IC embodies our aim to have a common identity that is recognized across our group by our people, our clients, and our partners. Our values are the foundation of this identity, fostering a culture that celebrates learning, embraces challenges and enables us to evolve with agility - to anticipate our future head-on to achieve shared success for Euroclear and its clients.

Our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct

Our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct expands upon our values to assist our employees in making decisions. It brings together our ethical and compliance principles, and gives our employees guidance on how to put those into practice.