Rail & OV, the Dutch rail and public transport pension fund, has signed an agreement with Amundi to deploy its ALTO investment platform. Rail & OV will leverage the platform to manage direct assets and consolidate delegated assets representing approximately EUR23bn (USD25bn) AuM. In a fully integrated model, Rail & OV will be serviced by…

A trio of industry veterans has launched a new administration service in Ireland. Alchelyst – which expects approval from the Central Bank of Ireland imminently – will focus on the alternatives sector, where the principals each have extensive experience. Joan Kehoe is CEO, Ian Lynch is chief commercial officer, and Brian Fitzgerald is COO. All…

CLST, an institutional lending and borrowing platform, has partnered with Copper, the UK-based institutional digital asset infrastructure provider, to develop Copper Pledge, a tri-party collateral management solution for digital asset markets. This partnership provides digital asset lenders with tools for optimising and de-risking their portfolios. Loans originated on CLST markets will be connected via APIs…

BBVA Switzerland has signed an agreement with Metaco, the Switzerland-based digital asset infrastructure provider, to host its digital asset custody service on its Harmonize platform. In 2021, BBVA launched a Bitcoin trading and custody service. This was later expanded to include Ether. The bank has now migrated its custody service to Harmonize, which offers greater…