Global Custodian

ANNOUNCEMENT: Global Custodian is delighted to announce the return of its Leaders in Custody Asia Awards, to be held at Raffles in Singapore on 29 May 2025. The ceremony will honour securities services providers across the Asia Pacific region which have excelled in Global Custodian’s agent banks surveys, along with a range of Editors’ Choice, Individual and Innovation awards segments. The full shortlist can be found here: https://lnkd.in/ebV3QyvS Congratulations to all those nominated Standard Chartered Deutsche Bank BNP Paribas - Securities Services Mizuho Citi HSBC State Street DBS Bank ICICI Bank MUFG BNY Northern Trust Asset Servicing J.P. Morgan Euroclear Chainlink Labs Nuvama Asset Services The Citco Group Limited Aladdin® Marketnode Ant Digital Technologies SBI Digital Asset Holdings Broadridge Digital Asset Proxymity Swift

ANNOUNCEMENT: We are pleased to reveal an all-star line-up for our annual industry discussion forum set top take place on 15 May at 4.30 in London. Joining us will be Ryan Cuthbertson, BNY; Hannah Elson J.P. Morgan; Fiona Neville Pardaeva, Deutsche Bank; Sam Riley, Clearstream; Chris Rowland, State Street, with the conversation moderated by our managing editor Jonathan Watkins. Sign up is free to all Global Custodian readers via this link: https://lnkd.in/eT7NV6jq

Euroclear joins Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)’s tokenisation initiative The market infrastructure provider will immediately contribute by developing a set of industry standards to support interoperability across the ecosystem.  https://lnkd.in/eXga5Vcj

NEW: This week's Friday 5 covers our favourite articles of the week including a major people move, a flurry of new platform roll-outs and an in-depth interview with an industry stalwart. Enjoy!

Fireside Friday with… Euroclear’s Sebastien Danloy Sebastien Danloy, chief business officer of Euroclear Group, highlights digital assets, open data platforms, and T+1 settlement as key industry drivers, while addressing fragmentation, rising client demand for harmonisation and AI-driven tools, and growth opportunities in ETFs, private markets, collateral management, and data solutions. https://lnkd.in/eX9Mt--p

BNY rolls out new digital asset data product with BlackRock as first client The custodian will broadcast fund accounting data for BlackRock’s tokenised short-term US treasury fund, BUIDL.  https://lnkd.in/ehmAu5px

Calastone introduces tokenised distribution solutions for fund managers  The solution will allow asset managers to access blockchain ecosystems and reach a growing class of investors operating exclusively within these networks.  https://lnkd.in/ep7hAh4n

SmartStream Technologies and Finastra partner to enhance collateral management across treasury and capital markets Collaboration focuses on MEA and APAC regions, offering a cost-effective, integrated solution to meet growing regulatory demands and streamline collateral workflows. https://lnkd.in/e3JzXQjR

BNP Paribas expands Bloomberg AIM integration to enhance front-to-back connectivity Enhanced connectivity aims to streamline data flows between buy-side clients and BNP Paribas’ middle- and back-office services. https://lnkd.in/e273u-ny