HSBC Bank Plc has become the first applicant approved by the Bank of England to go live in the UK’s Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS), part of the UK’s innovation agenda for digital assets. HSBC Orion, HSBC’s digital assets platform, will be able to operate within the DSS as a Digital Securities Depository (DSD) for digitally…
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Aztec appoints CCO
Aztec Group, the C.I.-based provider of private markets services, has appointed Melissa Ferraz as chief commercial officer and a member of its executive committee. Based in London, she joins from BlackRock, where she held senior roles across its private markets and technology businesses.
Arendt hires from BBH
Roxane Fricou has joined Arendt Investor Services as regional chief commercial officer, based in London. She joins from BBH. AIS is in the process of being taken over by Blackfin, a private equity firm.
BNY hires from J.P. Morgan
Matthew Goldblatt has joined BNY as global head of alternatives for client service, asset servicing. Based in Luxembourg, he previously spent 19 years at J.P. Morgan.
JTC collaborates with Asset Class
JTC, the UK-listed administrator being taken private by Permira, and Asset Class, the U.S.-based fintech focused on private markets, have launched JTC ONE in the U.S., an end-to-end solution for private markets firms that combines fund administration with a purpose-built digital investor experience. JTC ONE combines two specialist businesses with complementary strengths: JTC’s expertise in…
IQ-EQ supports new Irish property ICAV
IQ-EQ has supported a major Irish residential investment platform, acting as alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) to the fund underpinning the transaction. The partners in the fund – APG, a Dutch pensions group, and Kennedy Wilson, the Irish property investment group – intend to invest a reported EUR2bn (USD2.3bn) in residential properties in Ireland through…
SS&C to launch digital cash settlement
SS&C plans to enable digital cash settlement for tokenised investment transactions using regulated forms of digital cash, including stablecoins and tokenised commercial bank deposits. The plan builds on the launch of SS&C’s live tokenised fund issuance and distribution capabilities earlier this year following the acquisition of Calastone in 2025. SS&C already enables asset managers to…
Invesco expands with NTRS
Northern Trust has been appointed by Invesco to provide administration, custody and depositary services for its new Ireland-domiciled index tracking mutual fund range, Invesco Markets V ICAV. The new fund range is designed to make Invesco’s swap-based (synthetic) approach to index replication available to mutual fund investors in Europe via investment platforms and other institutional…
Euroclear to acquire Uptevia
Euroclear has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Uptevia, a France-based corporate trust services provider. Uptevia is currently jointly owned by BNP Paribas and CACEIS. Through Uptevia, Euroclear will add specialist issuer capabilities and reinforce its position in the French market, complementing its existing market infrastructure and post-trade services across key European markets, including Belgium,…
Bunch to buy LFS
Bunch, a German fintech providing an AI-native fund operations platform for private markets, has launched a strategic partnership that will see the company join Luxembourg Fund Services (LFS) founder Massimo Longoni and CFE Finance Group as owners and sole shareholders in LFS. Under the terms of the agreement, Bunch will acquire an ownership stake in…