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.
As the prime brokerage landscape continues to shift significantly, the importance of client service, technology and agility among providers is coming to the fore.
Pete Bergman, senior vice president, custody solutions manager at UMB Bank, assesses the potential impact of the proposed SEC custody rule on the investment market.
As we approach May 2024, the alternative investment management industry joins the rest of financial services in bracing for the most significant change to the settlement cycle in years.
As institutional investors look to optimise returns in competitive markets, how can outsourced trading help maintain efficiencies while focusing on outcomes aligned with their strategies?
State Street took great care to understand the needs of one of Australia’s largest super funds as it entered the next phase of integration, transformation and growth, following the successful completion of its merger, and that approach earned it a landmark mandate, which Global Custodian recognised as Asset Servicing Deal of the Year for Asia Pacific.
Swift Securities View won the highly coveted Best New Asset Servicing Project award at Leaders in Custody in London recognising the rapid uptake from the industry, significant potential and timelines of a launch which could go on to be a staple service for market participants in the future. Simon A.X. Daniel, securities product manager at Swift, talks to Global Custodian about the new service.
A roster of new clients, talent acquisitions and the cementing of its technology as the institutional standard for digital asset services, Metaco has had a stellar 12 months, with the best still yet to come.
Ee Fong Soh, group head, securities & fiduciary services at DBS Bank, details the excellent work being done by the bank that earned it three awards across Global Custodian’s London and Singapore gala events this year.
Yuriy Shterk, chief product officer, Allvue Systems, sits down with Global Custodian to discuss the growing trend of diversification of private equity investment strategies, and how Allvue is uniquely placed to tackle the complexities that come with this emerging landscape.
Increasingly, markets are either adopting T+1 for equity trade settlements, or at least consulting with the wider industry about introducing it, with experts arguing such a move will help reduce risk and costs for trading counterparties. Nonetheless, this pivot away from the T+2 settlement cycle will require banks and brokers to invest heavily into updating their operational processes. SIX looks at the impact which shorter settlements could have on the financial services industry.