China’s new QFI investment scheme is set to make it easier and more streamlined to gain access to its capital markets, providing a new set of opportunities for foreign investors.
The securities industry is still grappling with many aspects of the Settlement Discipline Regime (SDR), and firms are faced with the huge task of automating as much of the post-trade/pre-settlement process, according to Matthew Johnson, associate director, ITP product management at the DTCC.
As part of its vision to become the depositary of the future, NatWest Trustee and Depositary Services is proactively looking to provide best-in-class governance by making its voice heard, according to head of the business, Mark Crathern.
A popular BNP Paribas white paper found that Asia-Pacific based brokers had reached a tipping point as firms shift to third-party clearing and away from account operator or self-clearing models. Gary O’Brien, head of custody solutions, Asia-Pacific for BNP Paribas Securities Services asks: How have Asia-Pacific’s markets evolved in the last three years? Can we link ongoing regulatory changes, market activity and technical evolution impacted the direction brokerage firms are taking? Will the 2020s be the age of third-party clearing in Asia-Pacific?
When the going got tough this year, SmartStream was able to expedite deals, offer new solutions and pivot its service. Here, the organisation’s chief executive officer, Haytham Kaddoura, discusses the journey and highlights the technologies and data services that will define our future.
When RBS International hired securities services veteran Mark Crathern last year, the organisation set an ambitious goal to transform the bank’s trustee and depositary business by leveraging technology and data to provide genuine insight to managers, fund boards and across the industry.
Mike McCabe, global head of business development, product and marketing at MUFG Investor Services, asks should the pandemic change the way fund shops evaluate their providers and what qualities have been made more important due to the global shift?
Investment managers are re-evaluating their technology stacks and vendor line-ups following the global pandemic, says Bill Stone, CEO of SS&C Technologies, who highlights the catalysts driving these decisions along with key considerations when implementing front-to-back technology.
Max Hayden, global head of institutional sales, prime brokerage at IG Group, speaks to Global Custodian about how technology should be seen as an important differentiator in both winning business and maintaining client relationships with hedge funds.
John Sergides, CEO, MUFG Investor Services, discusses the implications of environmental, social and governance (ESG) for investor services providers.