Europe’s central securities depositories have long been seen as the quiet infrastructure beneath the market. But when facing a wave of technological disruption, regulatory change and a renewed push for more integrated capital markets in Europe, the region’s post-trade infrastructures are now evolving to look very different from how we’ve previously viewed them.

Annual awards ceremony to be held at The Savoy, London on 14 May, recognising custodians, market infrastructures and technology providers. 

No longer considered the quiet plumbing of global finance, the custody industry now finds itself at the centre of innovation, scale and strategic influence, with the largest players enjoying an elongated purple patch of rising AUC, strong revenues and a diversified service offering. The four biggest custodians sit down with Global Custodian under the Chatham House Rule for a rare, candid exchange about the transformation sweeping through their industry.

Part two of our off-the-record discussion moves onto the exciting future of technologies becoming a catalyst and not just a cost, the overwhelming potential of AI and how the buy-versus-build discussion has evolved in an unexpected twist.

No longer considered the quiet plumbing of global finance, the custody industry now finds itself at the centre of innovation, scale and strategic influence, with the largest players enjoying an elongated purple patch of rising AUC, strong revenues and a diversified service offering. The four biggest custodians sit down with Global Custodian under the Chatham House Rule for a rare, candid exchange about the transformation sweeping through their industry.

Former BNY asset servicing chief Roman Regelman is spearheading FNZ’s efforts to evolve beyond just its wealth-tech roots through its cloud-native post-trade infrastructure as it targets modernisation across the full value chain.