Technology

Cloud-native platform to replace legacy ledger as part of broader technology overhaul. 

HM Treasury appoints HSBC’s tokenisation platform for DIGIT issuance as UK tests blockchain-based sovereign bonds. 

Collaboration will connect Apex-serviced private funds to LSEG’s blockchain-enabled platform, creating an end-to-end digital distribution network set to launch in H1 2026. 

Collaboration combines Proxymity’s digital investor communications platform with Financial Recovery Technologies’ class action services to improve transparency and operational efficiency for investors.

Adrian Whelan, global head of market intelligence at Brown Brothers Harriman says geopolitics is the unavoidable elephant in the room for global regulation. Cross-border firms are facing overlapping and conflicting rules on funds, settlement, ESG, and digital assets - and political tensions are increasingly shaping how regulators enforce them. 

As part of the arrangement, Jupiter has consolidated back-office services for its offshore jurisdictions with BNY and outsourced its middle-office operations. 

Partnership combines SimCorp One with BBH fund servicing and custody via Infomediary integration layer. 

As tokenisation evolves, DTCC argues that long-term adoption will depend less on novelty and more on regulatory certainty, market integrity and integration with existing infrastructure. 

The custody bank will integrate Financial Recovery Technologies’ platform to improve visibility, coverage and recovery outcomes for institutional clients.  

Strategic partnership aims to help firms reduce manual email processing, improve operational efficiency, and strengthen compliance oversight.