Digivault, the UK-regulated digital asset custodian, has entered into a partnership with poundtoken.io, the first UK-regulated stablecoin that is 100pct backed by GBP. The recently launched stablecoin, poundtoken, is known by the ticker “GBPT”, and is issued by blackfridge, the Isle of Man-based fintech company. KPMG has been appointed as its auditors, whose monthly proof…
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Hex Trust opens in Italy
Hex Trust, an Asia-based custodian of digital assets, has expanded to Europe by opening its first European office in Milan, Italy. The establishment of the first office in the EU is part of Hex Trust’s expansion strategy in Europe, in anticipation of the forthcoming implementation of the Markets in Cryptoassets (MiCA) regulation that is expected…
BNP Paribas tokenises EDF bond
BNP Paribas has structured, tokenised and distributed a bond, the proceeds of which aim at refinancing a solar energy project sponsored by EDF through its subsidiary, EDF ENR. This native digital asset, issued on the public blockchain, represents the first renewable energy bond tokenisation in the project financing market. For this transaction, the BNP Paribas…
SDX partners with F10 & Aequitec to tokenise equities
Switzerland’s SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), the digital asset exchange and central securities depository (CSD), in partnership with F10, a fintech, and Aequitec, a digital share register and cap table company, have completed the first tokenisation of equity shares in a fully regulated CSD based on distributed ledger technology. F10 will issue its shares with the…
Coremont hires COO from State Street
Akbar Sheriff has joined Coremont, the UK-based fintech, as COO. Coremont, which was spun off from Brevan Howard in 2018, provides portfolio management technology and support across all investment management and trading functions. Its flagship software, Clarion, provides risk analytics and data across all asset classes, including rates, fixed income, credit, FX, equities, commodities and,…
PFS wins new platform mandate in Bermuda
Pacific Fund Systems, the Isle of Man-based portfolio platform provider, has been selected by Kensington Fund Services Ltd, a newly established fund administrator based in Bermuda, for the PFS-PAXUS fund administration system for its third-party fund administration business operations. Pacific Fund Systems has a client base with >USD1trn of assets on PFS-PAXUS. Graham MacDonald, Managing…
Broadridge appoints new CTO
Broadridge Financial Solutions, a U.S.-based fintech provider, has appointed Tyler Derr as chief technology officer. He will be responsible for overseeing Broadridge’s global technology teams, including enterprise-wide software engineering, product delivery, architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and technology operations. Derr will report to CEO Tim Gokey. He has been with Broadridge for 10 years. Derr succeeds John…
State Street & FactSet form data alliance
State Street and FactSet have established a partnership that integrates State Street Alpha and FactSet to streamline data flows across the front, middle and back-office through State Street’s Alpha Data Platform. The integration of State Street portfolio accounting data into FactSet’s performance attribution, risk and reporting capabilities will provide a more seamless client experience, with…
SDX partners with Fireblocks
SDX Web3 Services, SIX Digital Exchange’s Web3 unit, has formed a partnership with Fireblocks, the digital asset and crypto technology platform, to provide financial institutions and institutional investors with a set of infrastructure services for the distributed economy. Initially, this partnership will focus on delivering an institutional custody solution for digital assets, providing a transition…
SG-FORGE partners with METACO
Société Générale – FORGE (SG – FORGE), a subsidiary of Société Générale, which provides issuers and investors with end-to-end services to issue, invest and manage digital-native security tokens registered on public blockchains, has selected METACO, the Swiss-based provider of digital asset management technology and infrastructure, to orchestrate its digital asset custody operations. The partnership enables…