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ClearToken makes two senior appointments
02 February 2026 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Mark Williamson has been appointed chief commercial officer and Chris Smith has become chief operating officer

BNP Paribas’ Securities Services appoints Herrlin
26 January 2026 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Based in London, Peter Herrlin has been appointed as global head of Hedge Fund Services and made responsible for the oversight of the Hedge Fund Services Client Line and Client Delivery global teams

BNP Paribas to assist the launch of Infranity’s Horizon Infrastructure Strategies
14 January 2026 France
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The new fund offers investors the opportunity to contribute to the development of established infrastructure platforms with growth potential

BNP Paribas integrates its asset management activities
05 January 2026 France
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

The firm’s AXA IM, BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management,and BNP Paribas Asset Management merged their main legal entities under a unified structure

BNP Paribas appointed by Banco Mediolanum
16 December 2025 Spain
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

This integration reinforces the custodian's existing relationship with Mediolanum Group in Europe, including a range of securities services already provided in Ireland and Italy

BNP Paribas’ Securities Services hires Hazell and promotes Lico
11 November 2025 UK, Middle East
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Cleyde Hazell has been appointed as head of Client Line for Institutional Investors, UK and Middle East, and Gabriele Lico has been selected as head of Sales, UK

BNP Paribas implements Proxymity voting solution
16 October 2025 UK, Australia, New Zealand
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

By leveraging Proxymity’s Vote Connect Total solution, BNP Paribas delivers a redesigned, end-to-end general meetings service to clients in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand

Azvalor releases tokenised fund with real-time settlement
06 October 2025 Spain
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The capacity to execute and settle buy-and-sell transactions in real time offers an efficient and transparent workflow with reduced processing times, according to the firm

Chainlink and 24 financial market participants progress industry initiative
30 September 2025 SIBOS
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

The banking and capital markets industry initiative has expanded to 24 global organisations including asset managers and banks such as UBS and DBS Bank

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

BNP Paribas’ Securities Services partners with Proxymity
24 September 2025 UK, Australia, New Zealand
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Proxymity, an investor communications platform, connects the ecosystem of issuers, intermediaries, and investors through its digital solutions

BNP Paribas’ Securities Services introduces new Commercial & Territories organisation
24 September 2025 France
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Alessandro Gioffreda will lead the new organisation as head of Securities Services Client Coverage and Territories, while Alvaro Camuñas becomes vice chairman of Securities Services