Eric Badger, head of Southeast Asia and Singapore chief executive at BNY, discusses how shorter settlement cycles, extended trading hours and Asia’s fragmented market structures are reshaping collateral mobility, liquidity and post-trade operations. 

Executive joins from DCM Systems, having previously held senior product roles at Revolut, Barclays, Visa Europe and Rakuten Viber. 

Agentic AI adoption lags, with improved accuracy and fewer operational errors cited as key priority for firms. 

Commission points to a ‘disconnect’ between the legacy regulation and the highly sophisticated environment that transfer agents operate in today. 

Mandate covers fund depositary, global custody and fund administration services as Pictet Asset Management enters Europe’s active ETF market. 

AI-driven quantitative manager taps SS&C GlobeOp for fund accounting and investor services as it scales trading operations across Asia. 

DLT investment is accelerating as firms move from pilots to live deployment, with 77% of existing users reporting significant improvements over traditional platforms.