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Industry

Suntera Global appoints O’Farrell

23 January 2026 Cayman Islands
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

He brings more than sixteen years experience working in the financial services across a range of roles, including Bank of New York Mellon and CitiBank Europe

Industry

FRT to support State Street’s class action programme

23 January 2026 US
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

State Street aims at using FRT’s technology, expertise, and operational scale to deliver enhanced class action filing and recovery solutions for its clients

Industry

JTC opens Brazilian office

22 January 2026 Brazil
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The office offers a full suite of corporate, fund, and private client services for local and foreign businesses

Fund Services

Allfunds Group and Deutsche Börse Group sign agreement

22 January 2026 Germany
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Fund Services

Innovation X appoints TMF as fund administrator

22 January 2026 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Custody

State Street and QNB form alliance

21 January 2026 Qatar
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The alliance between the firms has been formed to introduce a new custody servicing model in Qatar

Fund Services

First Sentier Group appoints Standard Chartered

21 January 2026 Hong Kong
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Building on Standard Chartered’s existing support to First Sentier Group’s MPF Approved Pooled Investment Funds in Hong Kong, this new mandate will help consolidate their Hong Kong-domiciled funds

Digital assets

XDC Network collaborates with AUDD

21 January 2026 Australia, US
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The firms are partnering to create a modern payment infrastructure for business transactions between Australia and the United States

Data services

Chainlink brings US stock market onchain with equities data

20 January 2026 US
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

This launch enables decentralised finance access to US equity market data including after-hours and overnight sessions, unlocking the US$80 trillion stock market onchain

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