S&P Global Market Intelligence and SSImple collaborate on SSI automation
Partnership aims to address manual processing challenges in post-trade settlement workflows.
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Dubai Financial Market launches centralised securities lending and borrowing programme
The new framework aims to support liquidity, transparency, and institutional participation in Dubai.
Northern Trust appointed by $150bn Partners Group to support launch of first private credit LTAF
Mandate covers fund administration, depositary and banking services for Partners Group’s debut UK long-term asset fund.
BNY’s global head of digital assets Caroline Butler departs
Custody expert who had led one of the most ambitious digital asset units among incumbent banks leaves BNY after five years.
Deutsche Bank unifies trust and securities services units
The newly-formed unit will be led by Paul Maley, who has led the securities services team since 2021.
European Council excludes SFTs from T+1 requirement
The exemption, approved by the Committee of Permanent Representatives, comes as part of the Council’s broader agreement on a negotiating mandate aimed at accelerating settlement timelines across the EU.
BlackRock and BNY outline plans for blockchain-recorded share class for treasury fund
US Securities and Exchange Commission filing outlines plans for a digital share class using distributed ledger technology to track ownership records.
Citi and SDX collaborate to tokenise late-stage private equity on digital CSD
The collaboration will see Citi act as custodian and issuer agent for tokenised pre-IPO shares on SDX’s digital central securities depository.
Broadridge incorporates AI agents to enhance OpsGPT offering
The new offering has been designed to assist operations teams in enhancing solutions across fails research, inventory optimisation and email integration automation.
Northern Trust joins Hong Kong’s project ensemble to test the tokenisation of carbon credits in a cross-border setting
Under the setting of the HKMA’s initiative, the experiment will leverage Northern Trust’s Carbon Ecosystems’ settlement experience by recording, transferring and settling digital carbon credits as instructed in its role as designated custodian.