CACEIS now offers broker-dealers, market makers and banks the opportunity to trade on the ARTEX trading venue, with support from CACEIS’ clearing & settlement services. ARTEX is a multilateral trading facility on which shares in world-famous, iconic works of art are traded. The shares in the artworks are tradable and transferable securities just like all…
Year: 2024
Monochrome launches Bitcoin ETF
Monochrome, an Australia-based ETF manager, has launched the country’s first directly held Bitcoin ETF. Vasco Trustees Limited is the Responsible Entity (trustee) of the fund and has engaged State Street as cash custodian and administrator for the ETF. Vasco has also appointed Gemini Trust Company, LLC as the fund’s Bitcoin custodian.
Vistra partners with Fenergo
Vistra, the Asia-based provider of business services, has appointed Fenergo, the provider of digital solutions for KYC, transaction monitoring and CLM, to deliver frictionless global onboarding. Vistra’s global incorporations team is collaborating with Fenergo to deploy its SaaS-based CLM product to digitally transform processes for global entity onboarding, KYC and ongoing due diligence.
SS&C opens in GIFT City
SS&C has opened an office in India’s Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City). The International Financial Services Centres Authority has licensed SS&C GlobeOp to provide fund administration and compliance services to alternative investment funds and other funds domiciled in the economic opportunity zone. SS&C has been in India since 2003, and now has 12 offices…
Broadridge gets new COO
Roz Smith has joined Broadridge International as COO. Smith, who is based in London, will work with Mike Sleightholme, president of Broadridge International. Prior to joining Broadridge, Smith spent eighteen years at HSBC.
BNY Mellon rebrands
BNY Mellon has revamped its brand name and logo, and will now be known as BNY. The company’s legal parent name will remain The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation.
Doherty retires
After a 32-year career with Chase and J.P. Morgan, Ann Doherty has retired.
Ripple acquires Standard Custody
Ripple, the UK fintech, has completed the acquisition of Standard Custody & Trust Company, a U.S.-based regulated custodian for digital assets. The acquisition adds a limited purpose trust company regulated by the New York Department of Financial Services, and follows the 2023 acquisition of Metaco, a Swiss-based provider of digital asset custody and tokenisation technology.…
Apex hires India CRM head
Apex Group has appointed Sonal Gokhale as head of client relationship management for India. She is based in Mumbai, joining from Axis Bank.
Komainu appoints CFO
Komainu, the Nomura-backed regulated custody provider for the digital assets industry, has appointed Tony Larkin as CFO. He joins from Citi.