DTCC ALERT is a web-based global database for the maintenance and communication of account and standing settlement instructions (SSIs). Bill Meenaghan, an executive director for DTCC Product Management discusses developments in ALERT over the past year as well as in other DTCC services.

At the Global Custodian New York Awards dinner on 29 November, Maitland received an Editors’ Choice award for innovation in client experience. Global Custodian spoke with Frank Ferrara, senior client relationship manager at Maitland, about the firm’s approach to onboarding and relationship management in its private equity fund administration business.

Alternative investment managers are having to weigh up the costs of carrying out an overhaul of their internal technology to meet current regulatory and investor demands, or instead to outsource.

Corporate actions processes have been rife with inefficiencies for years. Global Custodian speaks to SmartStream Technologies’ Kurt Eldridge, executive vice president, global sales, on how corporate actions may finally step into the digital age.

Consumers have had, for some time, the ability to shape service provision and get instant access to information within their personal lives. How do these changing expectations and dynamics impact the securities services environment? Deutsche Bank explains how post-trade processes are being transformed by robotic process automation and data analytics.

Global Custodian speaks to Robert Akeson, head of equity prime brokerage for Mirae Asset Securities (USA), on its recent move into the US prime brokerage market.

The world of investor communications is changing faster than ever. Global Custodian speaks to Demi Derem, managing director, investor communication solutions, international, at Broadridge, about what is driving radical changes for investors, custodians and shareholders.

SPONSORED: Global Custodian spoke to Mark Bouchea, managing director at DTCC, about the company’s vision to transform Institutional Trade Processing.

SPONSORED: Over the past few years, the alternative investment fund (AIF) industry in India has been on a growth path. Global Custodian speaks to Christophe Beelaerts, CEO, BNP Paribas Securities Services, India.

SPONSORED: Global Custodian spoke to Bill Meenaghan, executive director of ALERT at DTCC, about expanding the scope for automation of SSI data flows.

SPONSORED: Global Custodian sits down with Nick Smith, senior vice president of managed services for SmartStream Technologies, to discuss how banks can make greater use of a back-office utility model.