Barclays Names Neel Laungani as Head of Financial Sponsors for Asia Pacific LeapRate

Sam Boughedda

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September 18, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

Barclays Names Neel Laungani as Head of Financial Sponsors for Asia Pacific

Based in Hong Kong, Laungani will lead the financial sponsors franchise through transaction origination, execution, and strategic coverage of key clients. He will report to Avinash Thakur, Head of Investment Banking for Asia Pacific, and to Christian Oberle, Global Head of Financial Sponsors. Avinash Thakur welcomed the appointment, saying: “His appointment emphasises our commitment to…

September 18, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

IG Prime Unveils Institutional White Label Trading Solution

The broker said the platform is being rolled out in partnership with an international banking group, which plans to be the first to market with the solution for its hedge fund clients. The offering allows the bank’s institutional clients to access IG Prime’s multi-asset global trading infrastructure under the bank’s own branding. It is designed…

September 18, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

Waystone Joins SIX Swiss Exchange as New ETF Issuer

The new fund, created through Waystone’s white-label ETF platform, allows Bellevue Asset Management to expand its suite of actively managed products available to investors. Bellevue, itself listed on SIX, specialises in healthcare, entrepreneurial small- and mid-cap strategies, and multi-asset investments. The Bellevue Healthcare ETF combines active portfolio management with the advantages of exchange trading, including…

September 18, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

State Street Elects Former Scotiabank CEO Brian Porter to Board

Porter, 67, spent more than four decades in financial services, holding senior roles across risk management, corporate banking and international markets. As Scotiabank’s president and CEO, he oversaw revenues of nearly C$32.3 billion in his final year and steered the bank through a period of expansion that solidified its position as Canada’s third-largest lender by…

September 18, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

CME Group to Launch Options on Solana and XRP Futures in October

The firm explained that its new contracts will cover SOL, Micro SOL, XRP, and Micro XRP futures, with expiries available daily, monthly, and quarterly, offering traders greater flexibility in managing exposure to the two digital assets. “The launch of these options contracts builds on the significant growth and increasing liquidity we have seen across our…

September 18, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

Nasdaq to Sell Solovis to Insight Partners

Solovis provides multi-asset class portfolio management, analytics, and reporting tools, helping institutional investors monitor performance, exposure, liquidity and risk in real time across public and private markets. Under Insight Partners’ ownership, the platform is expected to focus on accelerating product development, improving service delivery, and broadening its suite of solutions. “At Insight Partners, we are…

September 17, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

21Shares Hits 50 Crypto ETPs in Europe with New Launches

The Zurich-based firm, one of the world’s largest issuers of crypto ETPs, now manages more than $11 billion globally. It said the milestone underlined its role as the issuer with the broadest suite of physically backed crypto ETPs available to European investors. AFET, listed on Euronext Amsterdam and Paris, provides liquid exposure to the Artificial…

September 17, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

CLS Adds U.S. Bank as 76th Settlement Member

The Minneapolis-headquartered lender, the fifth-largest bank in the United States, is the third institution to join this year. CLSSettlement is widely regarded as the global benchmark for foreign exchange settlement risk mitigation, covering 18 of the world’s most traded currencies. In the first half of 2025, the service settled an average daily value of $7.9…

September 17, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

BitGo Expands in Europe with Regulated Crypto Trading Services

The licence extension, granted to BitGo Europe GmbH, allows institutional investors in the EU to access the company’s over-the-counter trading desk and electronic platform for spot trading in thousands of digital assets and stablecoins. The firm said investors will benefit from aggregated access to liquidity from market makers and exchanges, designed to deliver competitive pricing…

September 17, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

Novo Banco Selects Euroclear FundsPlace to Streamline Fund Distribution

FundsPlace, Euroclear’s end-to-end fund distribution solution, connects more than 2,500 clients globally. Under the agreement, Euroclear is expected to oversee platform services and automate trailer fee collection for Novo Banco’s mutual fund depot, aiming to cut complexity and improve efficiency across the bank’s distribution model. “Partnering with Euroclear FundsPlace is a key step in our…