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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.

Industry Leaders Spotlight

Private Equity Fund Administration, Client Service – SS&C

Navigating the private capital fund lifecycle

In partnership with CSC, Global Custodian hosted a webinar alongside industry experts to discuss how funds can prepare for growth by considering their vendor ecosystem across the fund lifecycle; and how fund service providers can support their long-term views on growth plans and help them navigate global jurisdictional and regulatory landscapes.

CCB custody business: making steady progress

China Construction Bank offers intelligent, innovative and dutiful support for custody customers and the healthy development of national financial markets.

On route: Redefining the fund administration experience

Opus Fund Services has consistently been recognised in the annual Industry Leaders awards season, this year winning Global Custodian’s 2022 Hedge Fund Administrator of the Year and the award for Best Client Service. This article seeks to explore what it is that has Opus’ clients writing so positively about their Opus experiences.

Transforming the digital asset landscape

Digital Prime Technologies has assembled the Board, team and the tech to go along with best practices and products from traditional finance to allow capital markets firms to launch and manage a digital asset offering for their existing clients, at a time when best practices and corporate governance is of the upmost importance for institutional investors.

Sibos 2022 takeaway: Time to tackle settlement fails

High settlement fail rates are a persistent challenge facing post-trade and saddle investors and intermediaries alike with added costs and operational risk. Simon Daniel, product manager at Swift, looks back at discussions from Sibos about the root causes behind securities settlement fails and how the problem can be solved.

Getting to grips with regulation

Jesus Benito, head of domestic custody operations & trade repositories at SIX, discusses the impact of CSDR on the post-trade landscape.

The road to T+1

Javier Hernani, head securities services at SIX, provides a CSD perspective on moves to T+1 in Europe.

Fireside Chat with… SS&C’s Bill Stone

Global Custodian sits down with the founder and CEO of SS&C, Bill Stone, to discuss the origins of the company and the development of the fund administration industry.