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People moves
Vermeg selects Achich as CEO
23 April 2025 Netherlands
Reporter: Carmella Haswell
With over 30 years of experience in capital markets, banking, and insurance, Tarak Achich brings expertise in leadership, management, and driving growth to his new role
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The rise of direct lending
Following their recent white paper, MUFG Investor Services’ Treabhor Mac Eochaidh and Des Fullam speak to Justin Lawson about the meteoric rise of direct lending
Working together
The payments industry plays a pivotal role in asset servicing, but there remain serious challenges — including money laundering — to overcome
A change is brewing
Following on from International Women’s Day on 8 March, it is time to start questioning why, for women in financial services, the numbers are still not adding up
European CSDs in 2025
Preparations for T+1 and the eventual Capital Markets Union will continue to preoccupy Europe’s Central Securities Depositories through 2025. The bigger story, however, will be the use of new technology
Margin replication and simulation
Arcesium’s Himanshu Bagri, product lead, Treasury Suite, and Ashley Bell, vice president, Financial Operations, look at the importance of timely margin calculations when managing risk
Turning a new leaf
Clelia Frondaroli speaks to Kirsteen Harrison, sustainability director at Zumo, about the state of ESG within the crypto industry and the steps taken to decarbonise the sector
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AccessFintech
Roy Saadon
Roy Saadon, CEO and co-founder of AccessFintech, speaks to Clelia Frondaroli on the impacts and implications of artificial intelligence
Zema Global
Andrea Remyn Stone
Jack McRae meets with Andrea Remyn Stone, CEO of
Zema Global, to talk about her career in financial services and how she is trying to make the world a better place
ipushpull
Matthew Cheung
Jack McRae sits down with Matthew Cheung, CEO of ipushpull and founder of Work in Fintech, to talk about how he is inspiring the next generation of talent
Xceptor
Michiel Verhoeven
Michiel Verhoeven, CEO at Xceptor, talks to Karl Loomes about how data automation is driving strategic decisions and transformation in the financial services industry
Reliant Fund Services
Eric Schultz
Jack McRae speaks to Eric Schultz, managing member at Reliant Fund Services, about his career in fund administration and his concerns about technology in the space
WTax
Julia Bricker
Julia Bricker, global managing director at WTax, talks to John Savage about the emerging trends and regulatory developments impacting the withholding tax landscape
STP Investment Services
David Goldstein
David Goldstein, director of product, fund services at STP Investment Services, has witnessed the rise of fund administration from within the industry. Jack McRae speaks to him about his career, his new job, and the future of the fund administration space
BNP Paribas
Fabrice Silberzan
Fabrice Silberzan, head of Industrial Transformation for BNP Paribas’ Securities Services business, talks about how the company’s gradual integration of artificial intelligence and large language models will help benefit its clients
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News and people moves roundupDirect Lending
The rise of direct lending: Transforming the global alternatives landscape.Industry Leaders
Stephen Everard considers how technology can help improve withholding tax reclamation.Payment Solutions
The payments industry has serious challenges to overcome.