Talking Business With Alan Kohler

BNP Paribas Securities Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of the BNP Paribas Group, is a leading global custodian and securities services provider. Backed by the BNP Paribas Group they provide multi-asset post-trade and asset servicing solutions for buy and sell-side market participants, corporates and issuers. With local expertise in 36 countries and a global reach covering 90+ markets, BNP’s network is one of the most extensive in the industry, enabling clients to maximise their investment opportunities worldwide. David has been in the financial security services industry for more than 20 years and joined BNP Paribas in May 2015. His focus is developing and building a fantastic Securities service business & believes it is important to the overall health of financial services. Discusses what custody is, why it is important, how it works & who actually owns the assets? Also talks to the Latest local trends including Quicker reporting & the DLT (distributed ledger technology) CHESS replaceme