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Mercari picks METACO to launch its digital asset custody operations
06 June 2022 Australia
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

E-commerce company Mercari, which operates a licensed Australian financial derivatives exchange, has selected digital asset custody provider METACO to launch its institutional digital asset custody operations

SEC approves Securities Financing Transaction clearing service proposal of the NSCC
06 June 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

The new NSCC SFT clearing service will support the central clearing of clients’ SFTs intermediated by sponsoring members or agent clearing members, as well as the central clearing of SFTs between NSCC full-service members

ISLA responds to EC consultation on CSDR
02 June 2022 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

The International Securities Lending Association has responded to the European Commission consultation regarding proposed amendments to settlement discipline provisions of the Central Securities Depositories Regulation

Mauer joins S&P Global
02 June 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

William Mauer, former employee of BNP Paribas, BNY Mellon and Morgan Stanley, has joined the firm as director of sales business development

BNP Paribas hires Richmond to head asset owner and client lines
01 June 2022 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Chris Richmond joins BNP Paribas Securities Services Americas as head of asset owner, asset manager and alternatives client lines, focusing on product development and strategy

Arizona State Retirement System selects BNY Mellon Asset Servicing
01 June 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Arizona State Retirement System has selected BNY Mellon Asset Servicing to provide services for its ASRS trust fund

Ottawa’s Tradex Management picks RBC I&TS for investor services
01 June 2022 Canada
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Investor-owned fund manager Tradex Management has selected RBC Investor & Treasury Services to provide its full suite of back-office investor services, including custody, fund accounting, securities lending and transfer agency

LevelField selects METACO for digital asset custody platform
01 June 2022 Switzerland
Reporter: Rebecca Delaney

LevelField Financial has selected technology provider METACO to deploy its institutional digital asset management operations on IBM Cloud

Motive Partners appoints Caroline O’Connell
01 June 2022 US
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Financial technology firm Motive Partners has appointed Caroline O’Connell as an industry partner

CLS appoints Gottfried Leibbrandt as new chair
01 June 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Gottfried Leibbrandt has been appointed as CLS’s chair, and succeeds Ken Harvey, who retired after ten years as a member of the board, eight of which as chair

HSBC Securities Services appoints Rafael Moral
01 June 2022 Hong Kong
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

Moral will begin his new role in August and will be based in Hong Kong

Management of legacy technology has become a major growth opportunity, says ValueExchange
31 May 2022 UK
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

With more than 25 per cent of back-office systems aged over 20 years old, the management of legacy technology is now a major growth opportunity for brokers and banks today, according to new research from the ValueExchange