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Bloomberg expands MAC3 Risk Models
02 April 2026 US
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft
This new set of MAC3 multi-asset risk models provide accurate risk forecasts, portfolio analytics, and consistent measurement tools across all major asset classes
Industry
Alpha Ladder Group and MetaComp collaborate
02 April 2026 UAE
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft
The joint venture domiciled in Abu Dhabi Global Market connects MENA’s real world asset base to global capital markets through regulated blockchain infrastructure and payment network
Digital assets
Relm licensed by Dubai’s VARA
02 April 2026 UAE
Reporter: Matthew Challis
The firm has received its full Virtual Asset Service Provider licence, enabling it to provide compliant digital asset trading and OTC services
People moves
Adams joins Aztec Group as Chief Technology Officer
01 April 2026 US
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary
In his new role, Jason Adams will lead Aztec Group’s global technology function with a clear focus on delivering secure, scalable platforms that combine purposeful automation, flexible systems and human expertise
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From a system of record to a system of action
Quantios CEO Guy Harrison discusses with Zarah Choudhary how growth, consolidation, and artificial intelligence are reshaping the corporate, trust, and fund services landscape — and why core platforms are evolving from systems of record into systems of action
The opportunity ahead
As regulation tightens, settlement cycles shorten, and volumes rise, custodians are rethinking how they engage with asset managers. Diederik Geeraerts, CEO of Taskize, considers how technology and proactive exception management are now central to strengthening and scaling the custodian-buy side relationship
Withholding nothing
Industry experts explore how automation, regulatory reform, and evolving compliance demands are reshaping cross-border dividend tax recovery and investor outcomes
Beyond digital transformation
Joel Kornblum, head of Business Development and Relationship Management with RBC Investor Services, dives into how leveraging partnerships, proprietary development, and AI together, can help deliver competitive advantage through an integrated operating model
From operations to influence
As automation and digital infrastructure reshape the custody sector, Zarah Choudhary examines how women’s influence is expanding from the processing floor to the strategic direction of the industry
Liquid credit gains momentum
Charly Guyot, global head of Loan Solutions and head of Alternative Investors Client Line Americas, and Declan McCluskey, global hedge fund product and solutions manager at BNP Paribas’ Securities Services business, explore the growing opportunities for liquid credit and how managers can scale up with the right infrastructure and support
Rewiring settlement
As the London Stock Exchange Group advances plans for a Digital Securities Depository, Zarah Choudhary explores whether digital-native settlement represents incremental enhancement or the beginning of structural redesign across Europe’s post-trade ecosystem
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Clearstream
Piotr Sokol
Piotr Sokol, head of Network Eurobonds and vice president at Clearstream, describes how a curiosity to understand the core infrastructure underlining the financial system drove him to pursue a role where markets, regulation, relationships and strategy all met in one place
Smartstream
Thomas Steinborn
Thomas Steinborn, chief product and technology officer, Smartstream, outlines how agentic AI is reshaping financial operations by enabling autonomous, audit-ready workflows that reduce manual effort, cut risk, and unlock measurable efficiency gains across exception-heavy back office processes
FINBOURNE Technology
Toby Glaysher
Toby Glaysher, chairman at FINBOURNE Technology, examines how rising operating costs, mounting technical debt, and a generational shift in client expectations are forcing asset servicers to reassess their economics, infrastructure, and definitions of value
Saphyre
Gabino Roche and Stephen Roche
As mandatory US Treasury clearing reshapes post-trade infrastructure, Gabino Roche, CEO and founder at Saphyre, and Stephen Roche, president and co-founder at Saphyre, tell Zarah Choudhary that firms must move beyond compliance-driven repapering
Northern Trust
Victoria Bryan
Victoria Bryan, manager, trade performance and analytics, banking and markets at Northern Trust, reflects on carving out a niche in transaction cost analysis, challenging perceptions of asset servicing and why curiosity and data fluency are critical for the next generation of financial services professionals
J.P. Morgan
Chenghong Sun
Chenghong Sun, associate on the Buy-Side Trading Services Relationship Management team at J.P. Morgan in London, discusses the value of rotational training, building long-term client relationships, and why greater awareness of asset servicing could open doors for the next generation of graduate
MUFG Investor Services
Daniel Trentacosta
Daniel Trentacosta, managing director and global head of Private Markets and Change at MUFG Investor Services, discusses automation, outsourcing decisions, and how fund administrators are adapting to growing complexity, data demands, and client expectations
JTC
Asma Kabbaj
Asma Kabbaj, assistant manager and accountant at JTC in Luxembourg, reflects on her journey into asset servicing, the importance of client relationships in a complex regulatory environment, and how curiosity, collaboration and trust are shaping her career in one of the world’s leading fund centres
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Geopolitical risk has evolved into a fundamental factor shaping private markets.Blockchain
Ziv Keinan discusses the evolving institutional adoption of tokenised real-world assets.ISO Standards
Can messaging alone resolve the complexity of corporate actions processing?.
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