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The rise of direct lending

Following their recent white paper, MUFG Investor Services’ Treabhor Mac Eochaidh and Des Fullam speak to Justin Lawson about the meteoric rise of direct lending

Are rightful returns on securities being left to languish?

Stephen Everard, CEO of TaxTec, considers how technology can help improve the efficiency of withholding tax reclamation on foreign securities and drive portfolio returns

Working together

The payments industry plays a pivotal role in asset servicing, but there remain serious challenges — including money laundering — to overcome

A change is brewing

Following on from International Women’s Day on 8 March, it is time to start questioning why, for women in financial services, the numbers are still not adding up

Preparations for T+1 and the eventual Capital Markets Union will continue to preoccupy Europe’s Central Securities Depositories through 2025. The bigger story, however, will be the use of new technology

Margin replication and simulation

Arcesium’s Himanshu Bagri, product lead, Treasury Suite, and Ashley Bell, vice president, Financial Operations, look at the importance of timely margin calculations when managing risk

Firing the starting pistol on T+1

On 20 February, the UK Accelerated Settlement Taskforce held an industry event to kickstart the move to a shorter settlement cycle

Turning a new leaf

Clelia Frondaroli speaks to Kirsteen Harrison, sustainability director at Zumo, about the state of ESG within the crypto industry and the steps taken to decarbonise the sector

One step forward, two steps back

Will Donald Trump’s return to the White House spell the end for ESG policies, or are financial institutions and investors hopeful for a greener future?

Fintech fever

Clelia Frondaroli documents the rise of digital financial technologies in Southeast Asia, and what it means for financial inclusion in the region

The American dream

As an influx of change is readying to take the crypto industry by storm, Clelia Frondaroli explores the current regulatory regime in the US and what the future may bring

Continued consolidation

Jack McRae speaks to members of the asset servicing industry about how 2025 will be an important year for the Australian markets with the trend of consolidation leading developments