Apex has partnered with Ownera, a provider of tokenisation interoperability solutions, to deliver Apex’s range of services to any financial institution and issuer with an Ownera router. Ownera’s routers interconnect many of the world’s leading tokenisation platforms, including Digital Assets Canton, R3 Corda, Besu, Quorum, and Tokeny, extending access from these environments to buy-side demand,…
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HSBC supports EIB DLT bond issuance
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…
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),…
Davides quits Broadridge
Lauren Davides has joined J.P. Morgan as an executive director in the product management team, based in Boston. Davides spent nearly 10 years at State Street – most recently as chief of staff for its digital business – before a brief spell at Broadridge.
J.P. Morgan adds private markets data to Fusion
J.P. Morgan has launched Private Markets Data Solutions for institutional investors, available through Fusion by J.P. Morgan. This is a data management solution for private assets that enables investors, both GPs and LPs, to analyse and gain transparency into their complete portfolio across public and private holdings. Fusion has incorporated data from Aumni, J.P. Morgan’s…
U.S. Bank adds to ETF management team
U.S. Bank has hired Lisa Korbas as head of ETF relationship management within its global fund services division. In this newly created role, Korbas will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and executing relationship strategy. She reports to Josh Jacobs, who was named chief commercial officer for ETFs earlier this year. Korbas brings 15 years of…
Citi hires (again) from J.P. Morgan
Citi has hired Christopher Morin as global head of middle office and performance. He reports to Mike Hughes, head of fund services for Citi’s securities services business. He is based in Boston. He joins Citi from J.P. Morgan where he was most recently head of middle office product for the americas and global head of…
Pirum shakes up C-suite
Pirum, a fintech focused on securities finance and collateral management, has appointed Mark Hale as CEO. He replaces Phil Morgan, who has decided to transition from his current role into an advisory position. Hale will be based in the New York office but will be present in the London head office on a regular basis.…
Arcesium opens in Lisbon
Arcesium, the J.P. Morgan-backed provider of investment services, has opened an office in Lisbon, Portugal.