Apex Fintech Solutions intends to strengthen its RIA Custody and Execution Platform with digital advice tools that will be added as a result of Apex’s acquisition of AdvisorArch, a portfolio management and rebalancer provider, officials say. Apex will not be disclosing the financial details of the acquisition, which is expected to be final on April… Read More >>
Demand for Crypto ETP Custody Is Rising: Q & A
(On Jan. 10, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the listing and trading of several spot bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP) shares, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) became the first among many bitcoin-based ETP offerings to hit the market. As more cryptocurrency-based, decentralized finance (defi) instruments are launched, many are wondering… Read More >>
FinTech Brief: Canadian Pension Plan Reappoints Northern Trust
A major Canadian defined benefit plan, the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) has reappointed Northern Trust as the asset servicing provider for the $103 billion (in Canadian currency) asset owner, which has a value of $76.9 billion in U.S. currency, officials say. Northern Trust, Canada, will provide global custody, foreign exchange (FX), and securities… Read More >>
Can APIs Ease Prime Brokerage Friction?
(Prerak Sanghvi and his New York City-based employer Clear Street, which describes itself as “an independent, non-bank prime broker” are on a mission. They want to help the capital markets industry move beyond mainframe-based, legacy infrastructures and onto Clear Street’s cloud-native clearing and custody system. Getting there will require application programming interfaces (APIs), which are links… Read More >>
Who’s Liable for Non-Default Losses at CCPs?
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) wants the securities industry to focus on how central counterparty clearinghouses (CCPs) handle rare but potentially extreme non-default losses (NDLs), and evolve to a situation that avoids any confusion about liability among users of CCP services. “NDLs refer to losses that may arise from any risk event that is… Read More >>
Pershing Clients to Get Help with Digital Moves
BNY Mellon’s Pershing will be launching initiatives this year to help its clients speed up their digitization of business models and thus update how they interact with Pershing’s services — all for a more efficient and better client experience, officials say. Pershing and its affiliates offer clearing and custody, investment and retirement solutions, technology, enterprise… Read More >>
CA & Santander Jolt Custody & Asset Services Market
The custody and asset services market got a jolt with the news that Crédit Agricole S.A. and Santander want to leverage the global presence and scalability of their custody and asset servicing operations by combining them to form a new global competitor. The two firms signed a memorandum of understanding that outlines how they would… Read More >>
Regulators Hit Barclays with $62 Million in Fines
Taken together, Barclays Capital and Barclays Bank will be paying a total of $61,913,453 in penalties to U.S. and U.K. regulators for two past incidents — an inadequate compliance system for wealth management efforts, and a failure to properly protect clients’ custody assets. In the U.S., Barclays Capital is paying a $15 million penalty to… Read More >>
JPMorgan Names Rowland to Head Global Custody
Chris Rowland, who was named the global head of JPMorgan’s fund services earlier this year, has now become global head of the company’s custody business, confirm JPMorgan officials. That business includes 25 regional customer service centers “in each region of the world and a network of sub-custodians covering more than 90 markets,” according to JPMorgan,… Read More >>
