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Euroclear and HSBC launch AutoFX
02 September 2026 Europe
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

The automated FX service is designed to support Euroclear’s clients as European and UK securities markets prepare to move to T+1 settlement, says the firm

Pictet Asset Management welcomes Le Léon
01 September 2026 UK
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Alfred Le Léon joins the team as head of ETF distribution, EMEA, bringing more than 15 years of ETF distribution experience to the firm’s newly created role

HSBC and Standard Chartered execute first live tokenised deposit transaction on Swift’s ledger
19 August 2026 UK
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

The firms say this transaction on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger marks a milestone for the use of tokenised deposits by regulated financial institutions to issue, transfer, record, and settle tokenised deposits

TSSAG welcomes Johnson and Wood to management committee
18 August 2026 UK
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Helen Johnson and Tim Wood are the newest members to join the management committee of The Securities Service Advisory Group

HSBC appoints Nagarajan as Head of Securities Services for Australia and New Zealand
18 August 2026 Australia
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Swaminath Nagarajan joins the firm with more than 20 years of experience, most notably at New Forests, Citi, and J.P. Morgan

HSBC Asset Management invests in Model ML for growth of agentic systems
11 August 2026 UK
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

The investment reflects growing demand for AI platforms designed specifically for financial services

FCA and BoE appoint members to post-trade taskforce
27 July 2026 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The taskforce aims to inform a long-term approach to harmonising transaction and post-trade reporting requirements across UK MiFIR, UK EMIR, UK SFTR

Euroclear selects Ahmad
16 July 2026 Belgium
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

As head of digital assets, Usman Ahmad will lead Euroclear’s strategy in this area, in a newly created position

HSBC first company to pass BoE’s Gate 2
15 July 2026 UK
Reporter: Theodore Law

HSBC Orion, HSBC’s digital assets platform, will be able to operate within the DSS as a DSD native bond issuance

Swift’s blockchain-based ledger ready for use
10 July 2026 Belgium
Reporter: Matthew Challis

According to Swift, 17 banks from six continents are preparing to pilot live transactions, with its shared ledger providing a secure orchestration layer for bank-issued tokenised deposits on their own infrastructure

Standard Chartered makes new appointments in Europe
30 June 2026 UK, Europe
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Margaret Harwood-Jones has been appointed as CEO for Europe and UK and Jörg Hessenmüller as CEO for SCB AG

Major financial institutions unveil bank-led onchain money initiative
08 June 2026 US
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft

Bank of America, BNY, Citi, Wells Fargo, J.P Morgan are part of a group of banks that have launched a digital payments initiative that links onchain activity with traditional payment rails