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Poland: New definition of success

Maciej Trybuchowski, CEO at KDPW, examines how Poland’s post-1989 economic transformation has reshaped its capital markets, and why strong post-trade infrastructure and targeted innovation are now central to the country’s next phase of investment-led growth

A stroke of GENIUS for stablecoins as post-trade faces change

The United States’ GENIUS Act has been hailed as a breakthrough for stablecoins, but its impact stretches well beyond digital assets. As regulatory clarity brings stablecoins closer to the financial mainstream, asset servicers are assessing what the new framework means for settlement, custody, and post-trade infrastructure Zarah Choudhary reports

When the story isn’t enough

Vistra Fund Solutions' commercial director Joost Knabben discusses why managers now compete as much on the quality of their data as the strength of their proposition

Technological shift

Rich Anton, chief client officer at CIBC Mellon, looks at agentic AI, connected workflows, and the future of operational insight

Growing expectations

Olivier Carré, technology and transformation leader at PwC Luxembourg, looks at the hype surrounding tokenisation, and asks, could it really unlock US$135 billion in cost savings for asset managers?

Asset tokenisation

Sorin Jitaru, digital assets expert at CACEIS, looks at how blockchain technology could transform the alternative investment landscape

From a system of record to a system of action

Quantios CEO Guy Harrison discusses with Zarah Choudhary how growth, consolidation, and artificial intelligence are reshaping the corporate, trust, and fund services landscape — and why core platforms are evolving from systems of record into systems of action

The opportunity ahead

As regulation tightens, settlement cycles shorten, and volumes rise, custodians are rethinking how they engage with asset managers. Diederik Geeraerts, CEO of Taskize, considers how technology and proactive exception management are now central to strengthening and scaling the custodian-buy side relationship