HSBC has supported the launch of the European Investment Bank’s first bond under the Eurosystem’s exploratory work on new technologies for wholesale central bank money settlement. The EUR100m EIB bond was issued on the HSBC Orion digital assets platform in euros, under Luxembourg law, and settled using wholesale central bank digital currency on the Banque…
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FINBOURNE appoints Asia sales head
FINBOURNE Technology, the UK-based fintech, has appointed Peter Edwards as head of sales for Asia, based in Singapore. He joins from Eagle Investment Systems, a BNY company.
Grande joins U.S. Bank
U.S. Bank has appointed Thomas Grande as an alternatives relationship manager in its global fund services business. He is based in Boston and joined from Aliter Investment Services.
Cboe to clear European SFTs
Cboe Clear Europe, the pan-European clearing house, has received regulatory approval to clear European securities financing transactions (SFTs), granted by De Nederlandsche Bank and the Autoriteit Financiële Markten. With this approval, Cboe Clear Europe is set to introduce a first-of-its-kind service for European SFT transactions in cash equities and ETFs, which includes central clearing, settlement…
Capitolis raises more funds
Capitolis, the fintech focused on capital markets, has received new investments from four banks. The new funding round is led by Citi and includes State Street, both existing investors in Capitolis, as well as new investors Morgan Stanley, and UBS. Each bank will invest USD5m and will join other existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z),…
BNY integrates collateral platforms
BNY has integrated its LendingLite service with its new CollateralOne for buy-side platform, which expands its triparty offering for the buy-side by connecting clients to other areas of BNY’s ecosystem, helping clients centralise how they manage their collateral and financing activities, while providing the option of specials-only lending. Connecting BNY’s LendingLite service with the CollateralOne…
HUB wins new U.S. client
WallachBeth Capital, a U.S. provider of institutional execution services, has selected HUB Trading Operations, an SaaS solution, for its day-to-day post-trade operational processes. HUB Trading Operations simplifies complex manual tasks, removes dependency on spreadsheets, and accesses key information. HUB will automate the collection and management of data directly into WallachBeth’s operational workflows, providing accurate calculations…
Waystone hires CPO
Waystone, the Europe-based provider of specialist services to the global asset management industry, has appointed Pervaiz Panjwani as chief product officer. Prior to joining Waystone, Panjwani was at Citi, where he held several global and regional senior roles across product, sales and relationship strategy in asset servicing, including co-global head of fund services, where he…
BBH upgrades TA experience
BBH has launched enhancements to its TA capabilities. The latest developments enhance the global service model with: New UK investor servicing capabilities in partnership with Cashfac. This partnership allows BBH to support a broader range of UK products on the existing platform and reduces operational and regulatory complexity for asset managers on the CASS regime.…
BNY hires for D&A
BNY has hired two senior managers for its data & analytics business. Jay Hinton joins from Forge as global head of product, and Muthian Ratinasabapati joins from AWS as global head of services.