Fireside Friday with… Euroclear’s Chris Elms
AI-driven quantitative manager taps SS&C GlobeOp for fund accounting and investor services as it scales trading operations across Asia.
DLT investment is accelerating as firms move from pilots to live deployment, with 77% of existing users reporting significant improvements over traditional platforms.
Expansion builds on DLR platform as firm extends tokenised collateral capabilities to G7 securities across repo, intraday liquidity and collateral workflows.
AutoFX will embed FX execution into the settlement process as European and UK markets prepare for the move to T+1 in 2027.
Executive joins Standard Chartered after more than 15 years at Citi, where he held senior custody product management roles across Singapore and Hong Kong.
Collaboration will examine tokenisation, digital cash and settlement as Australian institutional investors assess emerging market infrastructure.
Integration will allow banks to connect existing digital asset infrastructure with Swift’s shared ledger for tokenised deposits and cross-border payments.
Custodian is expanding its existing relationship with the firm to include transfer agency services for the new class.
French bank joins growing list of global custodians establishing regional headquarters in Riyadh.
The EU regulator will examine how crypto-asset service providers manage operational risks around custody as digital asset infrastructure develops.
The French bank joins a consortium of global banks investing in the post-trade infrastructure provider.
Executive joins SS&C after more than 20 years at BNY, where he held senior roles across investor services and brokerage.
This week’s fund services round-up features SS&C, TMF Group, Apex Group, Ultimus, Waystone, Trident Trust and Alter Domus.
Executive returns to JP Morgan after three years as founder and CTO of AI and data firm Declarative Data, following more than 15 years at Morgan Stanley.
UK Accelerated Settlement Taskforce chair Andrew Douglas says the UK’s second-mover advantage should not lead firms to underestimate the work required, as T+1 is increasingly being viewed as an opportunity to redesign the back office.