RBC Investor Services participates in Canadian DLT bond issuance trial
Project Samara sees RBC, Bank of Canada, EDC and TD complete tokenised bond issuance and settlement using central bank money.
Citi issues digitally native structured note on Euroclear DLT platform
Transaction marks first wealth management structured note on Euroclear’s D-FMI distributed ledger infrastructure.
Asia
Fireside Friday with… Euroclear’s Philippe Laurensy
Euroclear’s Asia Pacific CEO Philippe Laurensy says securities services points to strong issuance, gradual market opening in China, and growing collaboration across the region’s fragmented markets as key trends in the region.
BNY, Coinbase named custodians for Morgan Stanley’s proposed Bitcoin ETF
Updated filing outlines custody arrangements as the bank expands its digital asset ambitions.
Saphyre and DTCC’s FICC link to support Treasury clearing mandate
Integration aims to streamline onboarding and documentation workflows as firms prepare for expanded central clearing requirements.
Fragmentation threatens digital asset scale, warn DTCC, Clearstream and Euroclear
The post-trade giants call for a ‘same asset, same rights, same outcome’ approach to linking TradFi and DLT.
Standard Chartered appointed digital asset custodian by TP ICAP
Bank to also provide settlement services as institutional crypto infrastructure continues to evolve.
JP Morgan reshuffles securities services leadership as global head of sales retires
Long-serving exec Keith Slattery will be replaced by Diane MacFarlane later this year, while global head of custody, Hannah Elson, takes on expanded role.
DTCC reveals next-generation equities data portals
New interfaces aim to give firms clearer visibility into clearing, settlement and post-trade activity.
Fund services round-up: Apex Group, Waystone, Ocorian and more…
This week’s fund services round-up features Apex Group, Waystone, Ocorian, FundBank, Broadridge and AYU.