Chris Lemmon

Global Custodian sits down with Mark Austin, pensions and insurance sector lead EMEA at Northern Trust, to discuss how the asset owner segment is navigating the rapid growth of private markets.

Pr oduct uses blockchain infrastructure operated by SIX to tokenise shares in private companies, wrapping them in a depositary receipt structure

M a rket infrastructure provider sa ys firms can expect to benefit from more consistent processing, greater scalability, cleaner transferability and increased data accuracy

Waqar Chaudry , global head of digital assets at Standard Chartered, discusses the bank's push to integrate digital assets into traditional financial infrastructure, and why he believes the industry is entering a pivotal adoption phase that could fundamentally reshape capital markets.

Growth in assets under custody and administration (AUC/A) , alongside new client mandates and expanded ETF servicing capabilities, helped drive a strong second quarter for Citi's s ecurities s ervices business.

Assets under custody/administration (AUC/A) rise to $62.6 trillion – up 5% from the previous quarter.

The 2025 Private Equity Fund Administration survey revealed a market still firmly rated Very Good — yet scores edged down as expectations climb, and the industry’s largest clients are proving the hardest to satisfy. As providers are asked to deliver more with less, could effective implementation of AI be the next important differentiator?

Citi and JP Morgan post the largest annual AUC/A growth among largest four custodians, as BNY lags the group on a percentage basis.

Laurensy to step down in mid-2027 after 40 years of service at Euroclear, remaining in an advisory role until retirement.

Internal hire will continue in existing role as CEO of Northern Trust Global Services SE and country head of Luxembourg