Northern Trust has hired Alvin Chia as head of digital assets innovation for Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, Chia is responsible for delivering innovations aligned to Northern Trust’s digital asset strategy to clients across the Asia-Pacific region. Chia reports to Justin Chapman, global head of digital assets and financial markets. Chia was most recently the…
Category: Digital Assets
Bitwise selects SS&C
Bitwise Asset Management, a crypto index fund manager with AuM of USD1.3bn, has selected SS&C’s Eze Investment Suite to support its trading operations. Eze Investment Suite will support trading, portfolio management, compliance and operations.
Chakar leaves State Street
Nadine Chakar is to leave State Street. She joined from Manulife Investment Management in 2019 to run the bank’s global markets unit, and was subsequently appointed in 2021 to head the new digital business.
Suntera supports IoM DLT start-up
Suntera Global, the Isle of Man-based administrator, is providing a suite of services through its digital division to support the establishment of a blockchain-based tech start-up in the Isle of Man which aims to revolutionise the digital funding and investment space. Suntera’s specialist fintech and crypto asset services division has provided a range of structuring…
Standard Custody adds to board
Standard Custody & Trust Co., the digital asset custodian owned by PolySign, has appointed Matthew Homer to its board of directors. Homer was the inaugural executive deputy superintendent for the research and innovation division at the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), where his responsibilities included cryptocurrency and digital assets.
BNY Mellon launches digital asset custody platform
BNY Mellon has gone live with its digital asset custody platform in the U.S. This will enable select clients to hold and transfer bitcoin and ether. BNY Mellon has been working closely with market-leading fintechs and tapped digital asset technology specialists Fireblocks and Chainalysis to integrate their technology to meet the present and future security…
SDX Web3 goes live with crypto custody
SDX Web3, the recently launched business unit of SIX Digital Exchange, is now live with its institutional custody service for crypto assets. The service is designed for institutional clients that want to scale their crypto asset business leveraging best-in-class back-end services and capabilities. It allows institutions to safely and cost-effectively store and transfer crypto assets…
Clearstream facilitates digital securities issuance
Clearstream has created a digital instrument on D7, Deutsche Börse’s digital post-trade platform. European issuers can now leverage the new infrastructure to issue digital securities. The first automated issuances were performed by LBBW and Vontobel, and facilitated by Clearstream, Deutsche Börse’s post-trade service provider. D7 is fully integrated within Clearstream’s global infrastructure and works as…
SS&C partners with Coinbase
SS&C Eze has partnered with Coinbase to offer clients access to Coinbase Prime, an institutional platform for digital assets. With the partnership, traders using Eze Investment Suite can manage their crypto trading processes in one place, from pre-trade compliance to custody. Coinbase Prime is a platform built specifically for institutions providing secure custody, smart order…
Komainu tries again with new CEO
Komainu, the C.I.-based digital asset custodian, has appointed Nicolas Bertrand as its CEO. His appointment follows the February 2022 announcement that Matt Chamberlain was to become CEO, which never happened. Bertrand brings over 20 years of experience in market infrastructure and digital assets, including more than a decade at Borsa Italiana and the London Stock…