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Celsion Bank launches in Liechtenstein
13 April 2026 Liechtenstein
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft
The new digital assets bank has been licensed by the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority and under the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation
Clearing and settlement
KEB Hana Bank joins SwapAgent as a member
13 April 2026 South Korea, UK
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft
This membership enables KEB Hana Bank to use SwapAgent’s solutions for risk management and margin optimisation in the non-cleared derivatives market, while gaining greater capital and operational efficiencies
Fund Services
BBH selected to support KGI Asset Management
10 April 2026 Hong Kong
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft
As part of the mandate, Brown Brothers Harriman is providing a full suite of services including depositary, fund services, and transfer agency for the Hong Kong domiciled structure
People moves
SEC selects Woodcock
10 April 2026 US
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft
During his prior SEC tenure, Woodcock led Enforcement and Examinations lawyers, accountants, and examiners, oversaw investigations across numerous major areas of the SEC’s enforcement program
Industry
Zodia Custody partners with Re7 Capital
09 April 2026 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary
Re7 would be using Zodia Custody’s Interchange network for custody services, including support for transparent onchain representations of investments in select Re7 funds
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Growing expectations
Olivier Carré, technology and transformation leader at PwC Luxembourg, looks at the hype surrounding tokenisation, and asks, could it really unlock US$135 billion in cost savings for asset managers?
Asset tokenisation
Sorin Jitaru, digital assets expert at CACEIS, looks at how blockchain technology could transform the alternative investment landscape
From a system of record to a system of action
Quantios CEO Guy Harrison discusses with Zarah Choudhary how growth, consolidation, and artificial intelligence are reshaping the corporate, trust, and fund services landscape — and why core platforms are evolving from systems of record into systems of action
The opportunity ahead
As regulation tightens, settlement cycles shorten, and volumes rise, custodians are rethinking how they engage with asset managers. Diederik Geeraerts, CEO of Taskize, considers how technology and proactive exception management are now central to strengthening and scaling the custodian-buy side relationship
Withholding nothing
Industry experts explore how automation, regulatory reform, and evolving compliance demands are reshaping cross-border dividend tax recovery and investor outcomes
Beyond digital transformation
Joel Kornblum, head of Business Development and Relationship Management with RBC Investor Services, dives into how leveraging partnerships, proprietary development, and AI together, can help deliver competitive advantage through an integrated operating model
From operations to influence
As automation and digital infrastructure reshape the custody sector, Zarah Choudhary examines how women’s influence is expanding from the processing floor to the strategic direction of the industry
Liquid credit gains momentum
Charly Guyot, global head of Loan Solutions and head of Alternative Investors Client Line Americas, and Declan McCluskey, global hedge fund product and solutions manager at BNP Paribas’ Securities Services business, explore the growing opportunities for liquid credit and how managers can scale up with the right infrastructure and support
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Clearstream
Piotr Sokol
Piotr Sokol, head of Network Eurobonds and vice president at Clearstream, describes how a curiosity to understand the core infrastructure underlining the financial system drove him to pursue a role where markets, regulation, relationships and strategy all met in one place
Smartstream
Thomas Steinborn
Thomas Steinborn, chief product and technology officer, Smartstream, outlines how agentic AI is reshaping financial operations by enabling autonomous, audit-ready workflows that reduce manual effort, cut risk, and unlock measurable efficiency gains across exception-heavy back office processes
FINBOURNE Technology
Toby Glaysher
Toby Glaysher, chairman at FINBOURNE Technology, examines how rising operating costs, mounting technical debt, and a generational shift in client expectations are forcing asset servicers to reassess their economics, infrastructure, and definitions of value
Saphyre
Gabino Roche and Stephen Roche
As mandatory US Treasury clearing reshapes post-trade infrastructure, Gabino Roche, CEO and founder at Saphyre, and Stephen Roche, president and co-founder at Saphyre, tell Zarah Choudhary that firms must move beyond compliance-driven repapering
Northern Trust
Victoria Bryan
Victoria Bryan, manager, trade performance and analytics, banking and markets at Northern Trust, reflects on carving out a niche in transaction cost analysis, challenging perceptions of asset servicing and why curiosity and data fluency are critical for the next generation of financial services professionals
J.P. Morgan
Chenghong Sun
Chenghong Sun, associate on the Buy-Side Trading Services Relationship Management team at J.P. Morgan in London, discusses the value of rotational training, building long-term client relationships, and why greater awareness of asset servicing could open doors for the next generation of graduate
MUFG Investor Services
Daniel Trentacosta
Daniel Trentacosta, managing director and global head of Private Markets and Change at MUFG Investor Services, discusses automation, outsourcing decisions, and how fund administrators are adapting to growing complexity, data demands, and client expectations
JTC
Asma Kabbaj
Asma Kabbaj, assistant manager and accountant at JTC in Luxembourg, reflects on her journey into asset servicing, the importance of client relationships in a complex regulatory environment, and how curiosity, collaboration and trust are shaping her career in one of the world’s leading fund centres
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Geopolitical risk has evolved into a fundamental factor shaping private markets.Blockchain
Ziv Keinan discusses the evolving institutional adoption of tokenised real-world assets.ISO Standards
Can messaging alone resolve the complexity of corporate actions processing?.
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