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Digital assets

Marechale Capital makes acquisitions

03 June 2026 UK
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The acquisitions of Stanford Capital Partners, Blubird Global, and NJC Capital, intend to develop the finance advisory firm into a fully integrated digital merchant bank

Custody

State Street and Jadwa Investment collaborate

03 June 2026 Oman
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The two firms will identify and develop opportunities to expand their offerings to institutional clients in Oman, with a focus on advanced asset servicing and global custody capabilities

People moves

BNP Paribas makes leadership appointments

03 June 2026 Luxembourg
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Laurent Durdilly has been selected for strategic leadership roles in Luxembourg, and Karine Litou has been chosen as head of private capital for Securities Services

Technology

Marathon Asset Management partners with SimCorp

03 June 2026 UK
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Technology

Smartstream launches Smart Agents for back office operations

02 June 2026 UK
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Technology

TransferMate launches new FX Hedging product

02 June 2026 Ireland
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The product has been designed to help businesses mitigate FX volatility, manage international payment exposure, and improve certainty over cross-border cash flow

People moves

Broadridge appoints Jarman as Vice President

02 June 2026 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

In this new role, Daniel Jarman will be responsible for the data, analysis, and implementation of custom proxy voting guidelines in EMEA for institutional investors

T+1 taskforce to publish market average before go-live

02 June 2026 UK
Reporter: Hansa Tote

According to the T+1 Accelerated Settlement Taskforce, this is crucial to avoid an increase in settlements fails post-transition and ensure that the market functions efficiently and effectively on T+1

Technology

WhiteHawk Capital Partners scales direct lending with Broadridge

02 June 2026 US
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Broadridge’s Sentry investment management platform will support WhiteHawk’s ability to scale loan size and duration across its funds while maintaining operational control

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