Two new reports suggest that Alternative Trading Systems (ATSes) are hitting their stride as financial services firms move to private markets, embrace digital securities, and need innovations for their liquidity and investment explorations. An ATS “is a trading venue that is more loosely regulated than an exchange,” according to the Investopedia website. “ATS platforms are… Read More >>
TP ICAP Taps StanChart’s Digital Asset Custody Services
The London-based cross-border bank Standard Chartered and interdealer TP ICAP report that they plan to connect their digital assets offerings. The new collaboration will help common clients access Standard Chartered’s digital asset custody product and TP ICAP’s Fusion Digital Assets, a U.K.-based spot crypto-asset exchange, according to the announcement. The interdealer broker operates TP ICAP… Read More >>
State Street & Taurus to Build Digital Custody Services
State Street Corp. is bolstering its digital asset solutions business via an agreement with Taurus SA, a digital asset infrastructure provider, in response to institutional interest in digital assets that’s “at an all-time high,” according to the Boston-based custodian bank. The collaboration will add tokenization and digital custody services support to the custodian’s currently available… Read More >>
FTF FOCUS: Digital Assets Reshape Custody
Digital assets are rapidly becoming a part of the landscape for global securities markets and are disrupting established operations such as custody and prime brokerage services. In this issue of FTF Focus, we offer an in-depth view into the cutting-edge of custody, tracking how digital assets are redefining the sector. The report also covers another… Read More >>
BNY Mellon’s Digital Custody Launches & Other News
BNY Mellon’s Digital Asset Custody Goes Live BNY Mellon reports that its Digital Asset Custody platform has gone live in the U.S. and key clients can “hold and transfer bitcoin and ether,” establishing the custodian’s capability to offer traditional and digital asset servicing. The firm launched an enterprise digital assets unit in 2021 “to develop… Read More >>
