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A pivotal year for the crypto industry

For both Ripple and the broader digital asset space, 2024 has been a landmark year, says Cassie Craddock, managing director of UK and Europe at Ripple, who highlights progress in the crypto space along with the organisation’s own milestones.

Building the infrastructure for institutional digital assets

Following Taurus’ win for Innovation in Digital Asset Market Infrastructure at the Global Custodian Leaders in Custody awards, Lamine Brahimi, co-founder and managing partner, discusses the growing institutional adoption of digital assets, the launch of Taurus-NETWORK, and why security, interoperability and regulated infrastructure will define the next phase of the market.

‘We saw a clear gap’: How Dovetail built an independent asset servicing business in India

Dovetail’s founders, Dev Sampat, Mahesh Shekdar and Vivek Singhania, identified an opportunity in India’s financial ecosystem: asset servicing dominated by banks with competing interests. Drawing on global models and deep regulatory expertise, the firm aims to offer a conflict-free, technology-driven asset servicing alternative as India’s asset management industry expands exponentially.

Simplifying investment accounting in an increasingly complex market

Watch this on-demand webinar from FIS exploring how investment operations teams can modernise and adapt their accounting infrastructure to process a wider range of asset classes, transactions and fund structures more efficiently.

Rethinking post-trade in Europe: From fragmentation to integration

As Europe’s post-trade landscape faces growing pressure to modernise, fragmentation is no longer sustainable. Donia Rouigueb, head of sales and relationship management, Euronext, explains how shifting client expectations, regulatory momentum, and Euronext Securities’ pan-European model are driving a new phase of integration across markets.

Custodians face their operating model inflection point

Ben Challice, chief executive of Pirum, explores how rising settlement pressures, market volatility and evolving client expectations are forcing custodians to rethink their operating models, with real-time data and AI-ready infrastructure emerging as critical differentiators.

Why the system of record is now make-or-break in asset servicing

As markets move toward 24/7 trading and greater complexity, FundGuard’s chief executive and co-founder, Lior Yogev, explains how AI-driven, real-time data platforms are becoming critical to investment decision-making.

Why some fund managers scale faster

As institutional capital continues to reshape the alternatives landscape, operational credibility is becoming as important as investment performance. For emerging and mid-sized managers in particular, demonstrating transparency, control and scalability is now central to attracting and retaining sophisticated investors.