Zarah Choudhary explores how Bhutan is moving beyond sovereign Bitcoin mining to build the regulatory, custody, and market infrastructure with insights from Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget
As asset managers, servicers, and custodians grapple with the rapidly shifting market the persistent question remains: how can they keep up? Madison Hendrickson explores
The Eurosystem’s new settlement bridge addresses one of tokenisation’s biggest practical barriers, but interoperability, liquidity, and post-trade integration will determine whether Europe can move from pilots to scale. Zarah Choudhary explores
Scott Gralnick, global head of Institutional Growth at IRACE Digital, explores how a recently issued proposal from the US Securities and Exchange Commission on transfer agent rules could impact fund administrators and advisors
Wanda Lam, head of Middle Office Alpha Product at State Street, examines why cash servicing has become a critical component of modern middle office outsourcing
As digital labour moves onto the Sibos agenda, CIBC Mellon’s chief operations officer Catherine Thrasher argues that the most important foundation for the agentic future remains data
As wealth and asset managers contend with ageing technology, private-market complexity, and the rise of AI, Russell Andrews of FIS tells Zarah Choudhary why the industry’s next phase of transformation will depend as much on data and operating-model redesign as it does on new technology
Anoosh Arevshatian, chief product officer at Zodia Solutions, examines the operating gap holding banks back from taking digital assets into production, and why a new infrastructure model is needed to move beyond pilots and operate at scale
Alternatives have become more global, more complex, and more operationally needed. Centralis Group’s CEO Aidan Foley talks to Asset Servicing Times about how the firm is scaling — through capital markets expansion, a transatlantic platform, and disciplined investor-backed growth — while keeping its specialist, senior-led model intact
As family offices move further into private markets and manage increasingly global portfolios, their investment strategies are beginning to resemble those of institutions. But can their operational infrastructure keep pace?
Cheryl Bai, head of Fund Services, UK, at Gen II Fund Services, considers how proposed UK AIFM reforms, AIFMD II, and the growth of ELTIF structures are giving private capital managers more options, while tying jurisdiction choices more closely to investor access
U.S. Bank is bringing its custody capabilities into a dedicated vertical. Wally Barys, head of Custody for Asset Managers at the bank, tells Zarah Choudhary why a more centralised model is intended to simplify service delivery, strengthen accountability, and support growth
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