Here’s a news story you might have missed: “The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) is the first European museum to tokenize a masterpiece to democratize art investment. In partnership with Rubey and Tokeny, KMSKA has leveraged the legal, marketing and technological expertise of both teams to launch its compliant ERC-3643 based security token…
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Zodia Custody links to Fireblocks
Zodia Custody, the UK-based crypto asset servicing provider for institutional investors, has established a deal with Fireblocks, the U.S.-based provider of digital asset and crypto technology, to enhance Zodia’s’s connectivity offering and give institutional investors direct access to the Fireblocks network, a global crypto capital markets gateway. The integration will allow Zodia’s institutional clients to…
Apex to provide pro-bono services to Greater Share
Apex is to provide its single-source solution, on a pro-bono basis, to Greater Share, an innovative philanthropic investment platform working to close the education gap and enact measurable change on children’s lives across the world. Apex and its subsidiaries will deliver corporate services, fund administration, transfer agency and banking services to Greater Share, which aims…
BNY Mellon veteran to head EDB
David Claus is to become the new CEO of European Depositary Bank, which has been owned by Apex since 2017. The Luxembourg-based bank provides depositary services for >USD300bn of client assets. Claus will join from BNY Mellon, where he spent more than 20 years, most recently as head of Luxembourg.
Symphony hires head of Americas sales
Symphony, the market infrastructure and technology platform, has appointed Richard Griffith as head of sales and account management, Americas. Prior to Symphony, he held a number of commercial roles at StreetLinx, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Lehman Brothers and, most recently, Palantir Technologies.
Harmonate hires VP of bus dev
Harmonate, the provider of a SaaS-based solution which enables scale and efficiency for mid to back office functions in the private funds space, has hired Kristin Winkler as the vice president of business development. Based in New York, Winkler joins from Mainstream.
FINBOURNE appoints CTO
FINBOURNE Technology, the UK-based investment data management provider, has appointed Robert Byrne as chief technology officer (CTO). He joins from City Science, where he was CTO.
U.S. Bank hires CCO for Ireland
Tony O’Brien has joined U.S. Bank Global Fund Services as chief commercial officer for Ireland. O’Brien was previously at BNY Mellon, where he spent 25 years, most recently as a senior business development manager in Ireland.
State Street goes live in Singapore with Fund Connect ETF portal
State Street has gone live in Singapore with Fund Connect ETF, a global primary market ETF portal with access to more than 960 ETFs. Fund Connect ETF is an online fund portal for the creation and redemption of ETFs, designed as a single point of access for sponsors. The portal’s automated order placement solution and…
Oak appoints new head of Guernsey funds
Oak, the C.I.-based administrator, has appointed James Tracey as head of the Guernsey funds business. He was previously at JTC Group in Guernsey. He succeeds Paul Schreibke, who is moving to Mauritius to take up a new role with the firm.