HSBC appoints former Northern Trust exec as Luxembourg securities services head
Executive joins HSBC from FundBank, having previously held senior roles at Northern Trust, IKANO Advisory Management, Chase Manhattan Bank and Price Waterhouse.
Settlement
Fireside Friday with… BNY’s Eric Badger
Eric Badger, head of Southeast Asia and Singapore chief executive at BNY, discusses how shorter settlement cycles, extended trading hours and Asia’s fragmented market structures are reshaping collateral mobility, liquidity and post-trade operations.
Apex Group names chief product officer
Executive joins from DCM Systems, having previously held senior product roles at Revolut, Barclays, Visa Europe and Rakuten Viber.
Half of post-trade industry utilising GenAI, ValueExchange finds
Agentic AI adoption lags, with improved accuracy and fewer operational errors cited as key priority for firms.
BBH selected for Pictet Asset Management’s active UCITS ETF launch
Mandate covers fund depositary, global custody and fund administration services as Pictet Asset Management enters Europe’s active ETF market.
Tokenised collateral ‘DLT’s leading institutional use case’, report finds
DLT investment is accelerating as firms move from pilots to live deployment, with 77% of existing users reporting significant improvements over traditional platforms.
Euroclear and HSBC to launch automated FX service for T+1
AutoFX will embed FX execution into the settlement process as European and UK markets prepare for the move to T+1 in 2027.
Standard Chartered appoints Citi exec to custody product role
Executive joins Standard Chartered after more than 15 years at Citi, where he held senior custody product management roles across Singapore and Hong Kong.
Northern Trust and CSC sign MoU to explore digital infrastructure in Australia
Collaboration will examine tokenisation, digital cash and settlement as Australian institutional investors assess emerging market infrastructure.
Europe
Fireside Friday with… Euroclear’s Chris Elms
Chris Elms, CEO of Euroclear UK & International, discusses 30 years of CREST and how the UK can build on its existing market infrastructure as it moves towards T+1, dematerialisation and greater adoption of digital assets.