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ZEDRA appoints Pi Hann as Head of Fund Services
05 October 2026 Singapore
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Koh Pi Hann has previously held roles at BNY Mellon, HSBC Securities, and Apex Group, and most recently worked at a Singapore-licensed fund management firm

HSBC appoints Neville as Head of Securities Services Sales
22 September 2026 EMEA
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Fiona Neville will lead the EMEA Securities Services Sales team, with responsibility for securing new mandates

HSBC now servicing assets for Royal London Asset Management in Ireland
17 September 2026 UK
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

The bank reports it is the new custodian, depositary, and fund administrator for two Ireland-domiciled fund umbrella structures

Al Rajhi Capital appoints HSBC Saudi Arabia as custodian
15 September 2026 Saudi Arabia
Reporter: Madison Hendrickson

Serving as custodian to the Al Rajhi MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF, the firm says it will continue to drive ETF innovation and connectivity between Asia and the Middle East

ONE appoints Ingelgom as group Chief Commercial Officer
14 September 2026 Luxembourg
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary

Based in Luxembourg and reporting to Steve Bernat, co-founder and group CEO, Frederic Van Ingelgom Ingelgom will lead ONE’s commercial strategy across the group

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