DTCC elected two new members to its board of directors during the annual shareholders meeting, William Capuzzi and Kelley Conway
London Stock Exchange Group will acquire OMS, execution and portfolio management technology specialist TORA, subject to regulatory approval. The purchase is expected to be finalised in H2, with TORA joining LSEG’s Data and Analytics division
Digivault, a part of EQONEX, and Asset Reality, a company that recovers seized crypto assets, has been chosen by Belgian law enforcement agencies to provide recovery, storage and management services for seized crypto assets
Standish Management has acquired Alpha Alternatives Fund Services, a fund administration firm for hedge funds and other investment vehicles
Digivault, the digital asset custody business within EQONEX Limited, achieved a 30-fold increase in assets under custody in 2021, reflecting the strong demand for accredited and regulated crypto-industry service providers
SimCorp is to continue providing fund and data services to the Australian supernannuation and investments platform Colonial First State, after an agreement to extend the partnership
In recent months it has widely been assumed that the postponement would be announced some time this month
Vesttoo has appointed Robert Hauff as portfolio manager for the alternative reinsurance and investment platform’s insurance-linked programme
Allvue’s Robert Sims talks to Lucy Carter about the challenges general partners are facing in the current environment and what they need to be doing to keep up with changing times
APIs have been around for some time but their significance is growing in the asset servicing industry as experts say they are the fuel powering digitalisation
Industry experts discuss the regulatory initiatives that are having the biggest impact on their business and lessons to be learnt from regulatory data integrity and control processes
Although the hedge fund industry has matured over the years, experts say it is still in its infancy, and it is currently seeing a significant shift in momentum in outsourcing middle and back-office services
Following on from its ‘Best ESG Initiative’ win at AST’s Industry Excellence Awards, Universal Investments’ Robert Bluhm talks to Lucy Carter about what makes the company’s ESG offerings stand out
The frenzy around blockchain has been unprecedented, but is it a disruptive force on the verge of replacing legacy infrastructures, or will its effect be only marginal? Robert Garrison, DTCC’s chief information officer, explains
Paul Roberts of IFDS anticipates that the continuing effects of regulation and requirements for continual investment may see further contraction in the number of providers within the industry
Securing the right balance of oversight is an important challenge for fund managers today, says Milestone Group’s Paul Roberts
Brian Bollen discusses current investment opportunities in South America, the takeaways from BME’s November Latibex Forum, and why State Street decided to open a new office in Chile
Brian Bollen looks at Luxembourg’s climate for foreign investors, the change of pace and direction needed for the country’s fintech initiatives, and the wider economic strain impacted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Brian Bollen takes a look at Nordic asset servicing and its current CSD models following the economic upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic and the more recent Russian invasion of Ukraine
It is no surprise that the COVID-19 pandemic dealt Italy and its economy a hard blow in the first half of 2020. Industry experts explain why 2021 has been a different story and outline what the future holds for the country’s asset servicing
