State Street to provide fund admin for VanEck Bitcoin ETF
The VanEck Bitcoin Trust is one of the most hotly anticipated crypto-tracking ETFs following several attempts by the investment manager to launch the fund.
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Custody
Fireside Friday with… BNY Mellon’s Roman Regelman
BNY Mellon has kicked off the year with a flurry of ground-breaking announcements. Roman Regelman, CEO of asset servicing and head of digital, speaks to Global Custodian, about its transformational roadmap.
BNY Mellon commits to digital assets custody and administration with new unit
BNY Mellon said it plans to offer its new digital assets custody and administration services later this year.
BBVA to launch crypto custody through Swiss arm
The domino effect of institutional crypto custody is in full motion as BBVA becomes the latest custodian to launch services.
Standard Chartered and Northern Trust partner to launch cryptocurrency custodian for institutional investors
Landmark move in the institutional crypto space as custodians collaborate to solve missing piece of the puzzle for investors eyeing the likes of Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin.
Leading digital asset platforms make their move into prime brokerage
As digital asset firms look to reach institutional investors, the largest players have realised the need for prime brokerage services and appear to have all made their moves at once.
Why I left my job at a custodian bank
Custodian banks are losing talent to FinTechs, digital asset firms and more flexible start-up cultures at an alarming rate. Jonathan Watkins explores whether this should be a worry for the world’s largest financial organisations and what they are doing to reverse the trend?
New ISSA report lays out post-trade guidance for digital assets
The report analyses how market participants can issue, settle, safekeep and service crypto assets, as well as laying out a set of recommendations and best practises.
Standard Chartered sets out tech agenda for securities services business
The emerging and frontier markets banking specialist is seeing how it can utilise new technologies with its largest clients.
Euroclear’s innovation lead departs for BNY Mellon
Long-serving innovation head at Euroclear leaves after 15 years at the Belgium-based central securities depositary.