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Rothera goes live on Smartstream Air
06 October 2026 UK
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary
Rothera has deployed Smartstream’s Cash and Data modules to automate high-volume derivatives reconciliations across its CFTC-regulated exchange and clearing house business
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Rethinking cash
Wanda Lam, head of Middle Office Alpha Product at State Street, examines why cash servicing has become a critical component of modern middle office outsourcing
Decision intelligence before automation
As digital labour moves onto the Sibos agenda, CIBC Mellon’s chief operations officer Catherine Thrasher argues that the most important foundation for the agentic future remains data
What the future holds
As wealth and asset managers contend with ageing technology, private-market complexity, and the rise of AI, Russell Andrews of FIS tells Zarah Choudhary why the industry’s next phase of transformation will depend as much on data and operating-model redesign as it does on new technology
The operating partner behind private markets’ next chapter
Alternatives have become more global, more complex, and more operationally needed. Centralis Group’s CEO Aidan Foley talks to Asset Servicing Times about how the firm is scaling — through capital markets expansion, a transatlantic platform, and disciplined investor-backed growth — while keeping its specialist, senior-led model intact
When family offices become institutions
As family offices move further into private markets and manage increasingly global portfolios, their investment strategies are beginning to resemble those of institutions. But can their operational infrastructure keep pace?
The domicile decision has become a distribution decision
Cheryl Bai, head of Fund Services, UK, at Gen II Fund Services, considers how proposed UK AIFM reforms, AIFMD II, and the growth of ELTIF structures are giving private capital managers more options, while tying jurisdiction choices more closely to investor access
Putting custody at the centre of asset manager growth
U.S. Bank is bringing its custody capabilities into a dedicated vertical. Wally Barys, head of Custody for Asset Managers at the bank, tells Zarah Choudhary why a more centralised model is intended to simplify service delivery, strengthen accountability, and support growth
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FundGuard
Lior Yogev
As financial institutions look to move artificial intelligence from experimentation into production, Lior Yogev, CEO at FundGuard, discusses why architecture, data, and governance will determine whether AI can deliver meaningful change across investment accounting and operations
Deutsche Bank
Sayali Bute
Deutsche Bank’s Trust and Securities Services vice president, Sayali Bute, has built her career in institutional sales and asset servicing since joining the bank as a graduate trainee. She now works with clients across India’s rapidly developing investment market while supporting growth in the bank’s custody and fund administration business
Global Tax Recovery
Mark Friedman
Mark Friedman, CEO of Global Tax Recovery, speaks about the growing complexity of withholding tax recovery, the operational challenges facing asset servicers, and why firms are increasingly looking to specialist providers
Prescient Fund Services in Ireland
Nicola Gerety
Newly appointed Nicola Gerety, country head of Prescient Fund Services in Ireland, speaks to Zarah Choudhary about the firm’s growth ambitions, region’s evolving fund landscape, and the impact of AI
Capco
Marc Biro
Marc Biro, managing principal at Capco, discusses the SEC’s approval of 23-hour, five-day equities trading on both Cboe and Nasdaq, and the operational and technology overhaul ahead. Carmella Haswell reports
Smartstream
Krina Rathod
Krina Rathod, product designer at Smartstream, discusses bringing a fresh UX perspective to asset servicing, the value of questioning legacy workflows, and how better design can improve efficiency, usability, and operational resilience
Clearing Technology
Michael Boel
As instant payments, digital assets, and cross-border innovation reshape financial services, Michael Boel, co-head of Clearing Technology, Banking Circle, considers how the payments industry is entering a new phase
Apex Group
Megan Stauffer
Megan Stauffer, product solutions specialist at Apex Group, discusses her journey into asset servicing, the value of combining fresh perspectives with industry experience, and how technology is reshaping the relationship between asset managers and their service providers
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News and people moves roundupData
Anoosh Arevshatian, chief product officer at Zodia Solutions, examines the operating gap holding banks back from taking digital assets into production.Insight
Wanda Lam explains how cash servicing is a critical component of modern outsourcing.Industry
Russell Andrews talks about the industry’s next phase of transformation.
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