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Balmain sells majority stake in AMAL group to IQ-EQ
15 September 2025 Australia
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The transaction settled following regulatory approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board and the AMAL Group will be rebranded to IQ-EQ

Velo Protocol, Lightnet, and OpenEden partner
12 September 2025 US
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The three business entities will provide a full-suite Treasury-as-a-Service platform and a regional settlement network built to drive stablecoin issuance and cross-border payments

State Street and Daiwa Institute collaborate
12 September 2025 Japan
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

State Street will use an investment trust accounting system held by DIR for fund accounting solutions in Japan to assist international clients

swissSPTC publishes recommendations for T+1 transition in Europe
12 September 2025 Switzerland
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

SIX, a primary financial market infrastructure, is participating in the specialised task force and will integrate the swissSPTC’s requirements in its own project

BMCP becomes node operator for Canton Network
11 September 2025 Germany
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Black Manta Capital Partners has also launched a first-of-its-kind real estate bond — BoxDepo — in Europe on the Canton blockchain

Nezu Asia selects Apex Group
11 September 2025 Japan, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Apex Group will provide fund administration services from its Hong Kong office, custody from European Depositary Bank (EDB) Dublin, and bank account services from EDB Luxembourg as part of the accord

Binance and Franklin Templeton collaborate on digital assets initiatives
11 September 2025 Global
Reporter: Hansa Tote

Franklin Templeton and Binance aim to merge traditional finance with the speed and accessibility of decentralised markets using blockchain

Bybit enlarges MNT capabilities
11 September 2025 UAE
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Clients can access improved leverage, expanded loan terms and trading features across its platform through Bybit’s institutional onboarding of MNT

TOPPAN Edge confirmed as first Japanese qualified vLEI issuer
11 September 2025 Japan
Reporter: Hansa Tote

In November this year, TOPPAN Edge will launch vLEI-Gateway, a vLEI issuance service targeting a wide range of global manufacturing and finance use-cases

Archax launches Pool Token on Hedara Network
11 September 2025 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

This new functionality facilitates on-chain, multi-asset portfolio or basket creation by putting a range of already tokenised assets into a new token

CBI proposes changes to AIF rulebook
10 September 2025 Ireland
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The suggested amendments advance Ireland’s regulatory framework for alternative investment funds and in particular Qualifying Investor AIFs

SimCorp partners with Axyon AI
10 September 2025 Denmark
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

This collaboration will integrate Axyon AI’s predictive analytics directly into the investment management platform — SimCorp One — with the rollout planned for later this year