The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has been working in partnership with industry firms through its Project Guardian initiative to test the viability of asset tokenisation and decentralised finance in financial services
Standard Chartered Bank and Sanlam Investment Management have joined Strate’s fully digital e-Voting platform
Ronnie Jaworek, former Rising Star winner at SFT’s Industry Excellence Awards, has joined Zodia Custody as business development manager
The acquisition will be rolled into a newly approved entity named Standard Chartered Trustee (Hong Kong), with Standard Chartered’s existing HK trust services also being merged into SC Trustee over time
The MOU aims to foster cooperation between Standard Chartered’s wider digital assets agenda and the DIFC’s Innovation Hub, Dubai’s hub for fintech start-ups
Guillebon was previously CEO of Zodia Custody, the crypto custodian backed by Standard Chartered and Northern Trust
The association made the affirmation after a comprehensive review found that 18 central and commercial banks have found “clear potential and value” in the API-based CBDC connector
Management consulting company PIVOT has appointed Rajeev Uberoi as consulting director of its new governance and compliance advisory services division
As a fairly nascent asset class, digital assets face a number of challenges as they grow in popularity. Although much effort has gone into strengthening and legitimising the market, there’s still work to be done
Brian Bollen discusses the macroeconomic changes affecting the African custody landscape and the up-and-coming players in the region
Thomas Gardner, head of sales, financing and securities services, Hong Kong, at Standard Chartered, explains how Asia’s asset growth is highlighting the importance of regional custodians
Brian Bollen analyses current market access to Asia and the continent’s approach to ESG reporting, as well as the wider effects of shortening settlement cycles for a number of its territories
Alan Naughton of Standard Chartered tells AST how the bank is moving beyond its primary perception as a sub-custodian
AST talks to Standard Chartered’s Hari Chaitanya, regional head of investors and intermediaries in Africa, about evolving frontier markets
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
India’s asset servicing industry has the eye of the tiger because despite the devastating impacts of the pandemic, it has made positive market reforms which will encourage investment as markets recover
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
