Partner firms signed up for UnaVista's SFTR trade repository include Calypso Technology, EquiLend, IHS Markit, MarketAxess, Trax and Murex.
Northern Trust reported it had brought on 22 insurance clients with approximately $65 billion in assets over the last two years at the end of 2018.
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The proposed solution will provide one consolidated hub for the issuing of European commercial paper with delivery vs payment (DvP) settlement.
BNY said the transaction represents a major new route to market for its securities lending clients without the need to set up direct clearing membership.
IHS Markit, Pirum Systems and Rabobank ran the test for reporting securities financing transactions to DTCC's trade repository.
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Many of the established custodians are remaining on the sidelines to see what exchanges and other market infrastructures will offer for tokenised securities.
Industry experts argued further consolidation in the custody industry could be likely, but doubted it will happen within the next 12 months to five years.
The interface will help BNP Paribas's custody clients to manage their migration to DLT without having to adapt their global operating platform.
Intertrust sees the acquisition as furthering its strategy of becoming a global leader in tech-enabled corporate and fund solutions.
BBH's asset servicing platform will help facilitate a same-day settlement cycle for all primary market creations and redemptions for the ETF .
JP Morgan will continue to hold a 10% ownership interest in EquiLend.
JP Morgan Securities Services and BlackRock are the first two organisations to use the new electronic messaging solution provided by IHS Markit’s ClearPar.
The new programme represents the first time foreign investors can access China A-Shares, via depository receipts, outside of the Greater China region.
Earlier this month, the ECB granted SWIFT the first network licence enabling it to provide connectivity services to the ESMIG.
The connectivity is the latest effort by RBI as it looks to establish itself as a gateway to Eastern European market infrastructures.