The American Economic Liberties Project says that the law should be amended to separate systemically important infrastructure activities from other lines of business.
State Street’s acquisition of Charles River sparked a ripple effect of rival custodians partnering with BlackRock’s Aladdin, but the bank’s chief says the real competition is still with Excel spreadsheets.
Custodian pilots new solution with BlackRock, digitising the custody account opening workflow through Saphyre’s technology.
IHS Markit hires 20-year BlackRock veteran who most recently led the development of post-trade and outsourcing capabilities of its flagship Aladdin platform.
The new ETF follows a ruling from Hong Kong’s SFC which relaxes rules for the master-feeder regime in the territory.
With some of the world's largest ETF issuers launching new semi-transparent products, custodians and fund administrators are in a unique opportunity to bridge the gap between the active and passive investment community.
Chicago-headquartered custodian has created a service to cover all points of the investment lifecycle with landmark BlackRock partnership becoming a key component of the plan.
BlackRock has launched a Request for Proposal (RFP) to global custodians to bid for its US and Irish iShares funds’ assets.
BlackRock's flagship investment operations platform - Aladdin - is quickly becoming the core infrastructure for custodian’s front-to-back servicing models.