Deutsche Börse inks €5.3bn Allfunds acquisition
Exec with over 20 years of experience at Northern Trust and Citi, joins to lead strategic growth and client service in Canada.
The AED 1 billion issuance uses Euroclear’s D-FMI distributed-ledger platform, with Standard Chartered acting as joint lead manager and joint digital structurer, marking a regional milestone for digitally native debt capital markets.
Assets under custody and administration (AUC/A) rose to $18.7 trillion, up 3% sequentially.
The mandate marks HSBC’s first onshore mutual fund custody win in China and E Fund’s first partnership with a foreign custodian.
Former State Street APAC financing solutions head appointed to build out securities finance offering for institutional clients.
The custody bank will integrate Financial Recovery Technologies’ platform to improve visibility, coverage and recovery outcomes for institutional clients.
The framework agreement sets out plans for joint custody servicing model across local markets.
The mandate expands existing relationship and consolidates fund servicing for Hong Kong-domiciled funds.
This week’s fund services round-up features Apex Group, Ultimus Fund Solutions, Waystone, Suntera Fund Services, Langham Hall, Arcesium, and Maples Group.
Custodian points to Alpha onboarding, digital asset platform launch and private markets growth as operating leverage extends into 2026.
The service allows buy-side access to centrally cleared reverse repo transactions.
Launch of Proxymity’s Vote Connect Total platform aims to modernise proxy voting process for institutional investors with real-time transparency and faster execution.
The expanded ratings coverage broadens collateral eligibility for triparty allocation.
Over the year, State Street secured four Alpha mandates, and $484bn in new servicing AUC/A wins, with the majority coming from insurance clients and asset managers.
The financial messaging provider has tested the settlement and servicing of tokenised bonds using existing custody and post-trade infrastructure alongside blockchain platforms.