Industry experts examine the shift in custodians' interactions with fintechs who are playing an increasingly impactful role in their service provision, highlighting how their relationships and governance need to grow in tandem with the partnership.
This week’s securities finance round-up features MUFG, VERMEG, Pirum, Clearstream, EquiLend, Murex and the Pan Asia Securities Lending Association.
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This week’s fund services round up features: Alter Domus, Ultimus, Aztec Group, Imperium, IQ-EQ, JTC and ZEDRA.
The two fintechs are aiming to set a new industry standard by offering a solution for financial institutions to issue and transact regulated stablecoins.
The expanded solution is fully integrated with Pirum’s existing post-trade services, with the goal ofimproving efficiencies in securities finance and collateral management.
The new roll-out extends the relationship between the two firms, which last year saw improved proxy voting flows in Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Belgium and France.
It has been quite a year for DTCC fronting the grand scale industry switch to T+1 in the US, while also readying for the upcoming US Treasury clearing and preparing itself for a digital future. We spoke with DTCC’s chief executive, Frank La Salla – who has been at the helm for two years after a decorated tenure at BNY – about a year to remember for the market infrastructure giant.
EquiLend has confirmed that a formal process to select the next CEO will begin in the coming months.
This year’s survey awards categories cover Prime Brokerage along with Hedge Fund, Private Equity and Exchange-Traded Fund Administration honours, as well as North American and Latin American Sub-Custody.
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The acquisition aims to enhance securities class action claims management.
A follow up to our recent feature on how ‘Asia’s momentum points to golden age for asset servicers’ we spoke with Camilo Ramirez, managing director of financial markets and private banking at SIA Partners in Hong Kong, to explore the key drivers of growth, the rise of digital assets, regulatory complexity and the future of custody in Asia Pacific.
The Northern Trust Carbon Ecosystem is driven by Matrix Zenith, the firm's digital assets platform that leverages blockchain technology to manage digital asset lifecycle events.
In a recent address on 9 September, SEC chief accountant Paul Munter reiterated that the guidelines laid out in SAB 121, introduced in March 2022, will remain firmly in place.
Under the new mandate, BNP Paribas will provide custodial services to Versorgungswerk der Zahnärztekammer Nordrhein (VZN), which manages assets of roughly €5 billion.
A surprise retirement U-turn by another GC Legend will see a new president of asset servicing for the custodian.
Nasdaq reportedly becomes the first Central Securities Depository (CSD) in Europe to implement this service.