BlackRock splits custody business for Irish-domiciled ETFs

February 14, 2024--BNY Mellon joins rival State Street as a depositary and administration service provider for the Irish ETFs
BlackRock has appointed BNY Mellon as an additional custodian for €673bn Dublin-domiciled iShares exchange traded funds, splitting custody for the business between two post-trade service providers.

The US bank and custody giant joins domestic rival State Street as a depositary and administration service provider for the Irish ETFs.

The $10tn US fund giant said the move mitigated risk and created efficiency.

Ex-Pimco executive plans Europe's first catastrophe-bond ETF

October 29, 2025--King Ridge Capital Advisors is already managing the world's first-ever cat-bond ETF for Brookmont Capital Management.
Europe may soon get its first exchange-traded fund based on catastrophe bonds.
An application to register the ETF was filed in Ireland, according to Rick Pagnani, co-founder and CEO of King Ridge Capital Advisors.

Valour Inc. Launches Sky (SKY) ETP on Spotlight Stock Market, Reaching 100 Listed ETPs

October 22, 2025-100th ETP listed: Valour Sky (SKY) SEK ETP (ISIN CH1108681516) is now live on Sweden's Spotlight Stock Market, marking Valour's one hundredth exchange-traded product across Europe.
What SKY is: SKY is the governance token of the Sky ecosystem, successor to MakerDAO, used to vote on parameters and roadmap decisions for its stablecoin and collateralized lending infrastructure