SDX Web3, the recently launched business unit of SIX Digital Exchange, is now live with its institutional custody service for crypto assets. The service is designed for institutional clients that want to scale their crypto asset business leveraging best-in-class back-end services and capabilities. It allows institutions to safely and cost-effectively store and transfer crypto assets…
Category: Digital Assets
Clearstream facilitates digital securities issuance
Clearstream has created a digital instrument on D7, Deutsche Börse’s digital post-trade platform. European issuers can now leverage the new infrastructure to issue digital securities. The first automated issuances were performed by LBBW and Vontobel, and facilitated by Clearstream, Deutsche Börse’s post-trade service provider. D7 is fully integrated within Clearstream’s global infrastructure and works as…
SS&C partners with Coinbase
SS&C Eze has partnered with Coinbase to offer clients access to Coinbase Prime, an institutional platform for digital assets. With the partnership, traders using Eze Investment Suite can manage their crypto trading processes in one place, from pre-trade compliance to custody. Coinbase Prime is a platform built specifically for institutions providing secure custody, smart order…
Komainu tries again with new CEO
Komainu, the C.I.-based digital asset custodian, has appointed Nicolas Bertrand as its CEO. His appointment follows the February 2022 announcement that Matt Chamberlain was to become CEO, which never happened. Bertrand brings over 20 years of experience in market infrastructure and digital assets, including more than a decade at Borsa Italiana and the London Stock…
MJ Hudson launches digital asset custody benchmarking service
MJ Hudson, the UK-based solutions provider to the asset management industry, has introduced a new custody benchmarking service specifically for clients investing in digital assets. The new service will benchmark the capabilities of major custodians for key themes across digital asset custody provision, including strategy and commitment, digital asset coverage, fraud prevention, private key management,…
3iQ partners with Coinbase and Tetra Trust
3iQ Digital Asset Management has joined forces with Coinbase and Tetra Trust Company in an effort to expand the exchange-traded product ecosystem for digital assets in Canada and generate further interest from the investment community. As part of the agreement, Coinbase and Tetra will act as custodians for 3iQ’s ETPs, including the 3iQ CoinShares Bitcoin…
SGSS expands crypto services
Société Générale Securities Services has expanded its range of services for asset management companies wishing to develop professional funds based on crypto currencies. SGSS now offers fund custody, valuation and liability management services. SGSS’s new service has been adopted by Arquant Capital SAS. Arquant, licensed by AMF, is launching a range of specialised professional funds…
Apex wins digital asset fund admin mandate
Apex has been appointed by GSR Capital to provide fund administration services. GSR Capital is the investment management arm of the GSR group of companies, a digital asset trading business, which has been operating since 2013. Founded in 2021, GSR Capital leverages GSR’s broader expertise in digital assets, execution and liquidity to research and build…
Copper selects Fenergo for CLM & AML
Fenergo, the Ireland-based provider of KYC and client lifecycle management (CLM) software solutions for financial institutions, has been appointed by Copper.co, a UK-based provider of custody, trading and settlement services for digital assets, to deploy its SaaS-based CLM and AML solution to onboard increasingly complex client ownership structures. Copper’s clients range from institutional asset managers,…
PolySign hires chief revenue officer
Ray Kamrath has joined PolySign as chief revenue officer. PolySign owns Standard Custody & Trust Company and acquired MG Stover earlier this year.