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Japan’s servicing evolution

As the land of the rising sun seeks to turn household savings into investment, attract greater international capital, and modernise its financial markets, the country’s asset servicing infrastructure is entering a period of significant change

Securities services technology evolution

Richard Wilson, executive director, S&P Global Market Intelligence, looks at how technology transformation is shifting from a focus on innovation alone, to the challenge of building scalable, efficient, and resilient operating models

Post-Brexit capital markets reform

Tahlia Kraefft explores how the FCA’s Secondary Market reforms sit within the post-Brexit change in UK financial regulation strategy to enhance the competitiveness of UK markets as it transitions from fixed EU-based rules toward a regime fitted to UK market structure

US Treasury Clearing’s Rule shifts from regulation to implementation

Three years after the US Securities Exchange Commission embraced mandatory central clearing for the majority of the US Treasury market, Tahlia Kraefft explores how firms have changed their approach from questioning the necessity of it to how they will effectively enforce it

The modernisation dilemma

As asset servicers face growing demands for faster processing, greater automation, and real-time data, decades-old technology is coming under increasing strain. Zarah Choudhary explores whether the solution lies in optimising existing infrastructure, building around it, or finally leaving legacy technology behind

T+1 accelerated settlement

With less than 18 months until Europe’s coordinated T+1 transition, industry leaders assess the operational realities behind accelerated settlement, from client readiness and FX challenges, to automation and data quality

Corporate actions modernisation

Jonny Ruck, co-founder at Intelliactions, looks at why the next stage of modernisation is not replacing the industry’s data agenda, but is making that agenda useful by connecting data quality to economic materiality

When compliance becomes a moving target

As sanctions regimes proliferate, private markets expand, and regulatory expectations evolve, financial crime compliance has become one of the most operationally demanding functions across asset servicing. Zarah Choudhary explores how firms are navigating a new era of financial crime risk

Japan’s servicing evolution

Securities services technology evolution

Post-Brexit capital markets reform

US Treasury Clearing’s Rule shifts from regulation to implementation

The modernisation dilemma

T+1 accelerated settlement

Corporate actions modernisation

When compliance becomes a moving target

Can AI really understand corporate actions?

Sanctions compliance converges with ESG

Expanding FDI regulations are reshaping asset servicing

The cost of compliance