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MarketAxess unveils IQ Connect
29 September 2025 Singapore and Hong Kong
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The online app delivers access to live market insights, such as high-quality liquidity data, and bond pricing run by CP+, MarketAxess’ AI-powered real-time pricing engine

Canton Network partners with Chainlink
29 September 2025 SIBOS
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The Canton Network has joined the Chainlink Scale programme and is integrating Chainlink Data Streams, SmartData, and the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol

Komainu appoints Mara as Chief Legal Officer
29 September 2025 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Paolo Mara will be responsible for the firm’s global legal and regulatory strategy, advising the executive team on governance, risk management, and compliance matters

Binance collaborates with Franklin Templeton
26 September 2025 US
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The firms will explore ways to combine Franklin Templeton’s expertise in the compliant tokenisation of securities with Binance’s global trading infrastructure and investor reach

Ledgible expands Digital Asset Portfolio
26 September 2025 US
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The move aims to deliver financial institutions and advisors with a white-label, API-driven platform to surface and manage digital asset data

Smartstream unveils rebrand
26 September 2025 UK
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Smartstream’s new identity will include a redesigned website, revamped messaging, a new domain, and updated solution naming convention

Nine European banks collaborate to unveil stablecoin
26 September 2025 Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Italy
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The stablecoin will be regulated by the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation and is set to be issued in the second half of 2026

Aztec Group onboards Rothschild
26 September 2025 US
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Marcia Rothschild joins from FundBank, where she spent a year as senior managing director, head of business development and client relations

GCEX Group acquires GlobalBlock
26 September 2025 Global
Reporter: Hansa Tote

The partnership combines GCEX’s regulated multi-asset trading and Tier 1 liquidity provision and GlobalBlock’s capabilities in wealth management and fintech innovation

Clearstream adds BlackRock funds to its platform
26 September 2025 US, Luxembourg
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The move will see the use of Clearstream Fund Services’ distribution infrastructure to process funds at scale, simplifying wealth manager access to private market funds

Allianz appoints BNP Paribas as UK asset servicing partner
26 September 2025 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The mandate will allow Allianz access to services including global custody, agency securities lending, auto foreign exchange

Millennium Advisors adopts self-clearing model
26 September 2025 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The journey towards a more efficient settlement model coincides with a trend toward increased automation with higher volume in the bond markets, the firm says