Heading BNY Mellon’s largest division, Portney will be focused on increasing client franchise growth and optimising profitability. She will maintain her current position as a member of the executive committee
Service applies an ISO-standard unique transaction identifier to track progress across the trade lifecycle, enabling market participants to identify trades with high risk of settlement failure and to take pre-emptive action
BNY Mellon has appointed Paul Hedges as lead specialist within its global network management team
Fintech and data services company AccessFintech has completed a US$60 million Series C funding round, led by growth equity firm WestCap
Ileana Sodani has left BNY Mellon to begin a new role as head of global sales execution at J.P. Morgan. Sodani has served at BNY Mellon since 1991
Former J.P. Morgan head of securities and prime brokerage operations joins Broadridge from Accenture to build the firm’s post-trade and digital asset consultancy in EMEA
Northern Trust has appointed Mauricio Sandoval (pictured left) and Dean Marziarz (pictured right) as senior business development representatives for asset servicing in North America
The branch will offer FX derivatives and will gradually scale up to serve the financial requirements of J.P. Morgan’s clients within the GIFT financial centre
Demand for reliable data to support a front-to-back digital operating model are being superimposed onto longstanding requirements for efficient safekeeping, analytics and trade lifecycle management
Apex’s Mark Bennett talks to Brian Bollen about Japan’s economic outlook, its domestic demands, and its influx of foreign investors post-pandemic
Michelle Thompson-Dolberry from MFS Investment Management talks to Lucy Carter about the state of DEI in the industry, where firms need to keep pushing for change and how to avoid box ticking
The industry has always looked for ways to shorten settlement cycles, but how much further can they go?
As technology continues to evolve, Globacap’s CEO Myles Milston identifies that the asset servicing industry has been slow to the technological game but attitudes are shifting toward digital custody and further evolution can be expected in this space
Market infrastructure in Africa has come on in leaps and bounds since the global financial crisis, says Akeem Oyewale of Stanbic IBTC
AST talks to Viraj Kulkarni of BNP Paribas about his path through custody, from India to Switzerland and back
The Indian custody market embraced last year’s switch to T+1 and, according to three of the nation’s leading custodians, there is cause for more optimism
Brian Bollen discusses India’s move to T+1 and its growing custody and funds landscape
As Australia’s asset servicing industry has gone from strength to strength, industry participants are busy preparing for the CHESS replacement system due to go live in 2023 and are excited about the benefits it will bring
In a post-Brexit world, could Germany take the UK’s crown in gaining the status of the EU financial hub?
