Fund services round-up: CACEIS, Maples and Langham Hall
This week’s fund services round-up features: CACEIS, Maples Group, Langham Hall, Suntera Global, Fenergo, and NAV Fund Services.
News
Standard Chartered to acquire Zodia Custody’s custody business
Transaction will integrate Zodia Custody’s digital asset custody operations into Standard Chartered’s financing and securities services business.
Citi taps rivals to expand investor services business
Appointments include executives from BNY, State Street, BlackRock and Charles Schwab.
Apex Group supports launch of Fidelity International’s first tokenised fund product
Initiative also involved infrastructure providers including JP Morgan, Chainlink and Sygnum.
DTCC secures SEC approval for new NSCC client clearing model
Model aims to broaden participation in centrally cleared securities financing transactions.
No single path forward for DLT-based settlement, Bank of England finds
Central bank-backed innovation challenge highlights growing progress in tokenised settlement infrastructure, but warns trade-offs around scalability, governance and interoperability remain unresolved.
Aztec Group names new CEO
Former EY and KPMG executive joins the fund administrator from Amundi Technology.
DTCC collaborates with Chainlink on collateral management infrastructure
Collaboration will support near real-time collateral mobility and automation through DTCC’s Collateral AppChain platform.
Broadridge to support tokenised securities alongside traditional markets
Enhancement builds on distributed ledger repo platform as firm extends multi-asset capabilities across post-trade and trading workflows.
Euroclear adds MUFG to collateral optimisation platform
MUFG becomes latest institution to adopt Euroclear’s optimisation platform amid growing focus on collateral efficiency.