News and Insights

Delta Capita announces new Distributed Ledger Technology venture with Montis as anchor client
Delta Capita, a leading global Capital Markets consulting, services and technology provider, has today announced an agreement with Montis Group to become the anchor client for its new Distributed Ledger Services venture.

“CSD digital transformation and DLT MI pilot” panel at the World Forum of Central Securities Depositories in Prague
Montis CEO Martin Watkins will be on the “CSD digital transformation and DLT MI pilot” panel at the World Forum of Central Securities Depositories in Prague at 11:30 CET on 25th May.
Martin will join Nathan Fenech, Deputy Head, Capital Markets Supervision at Malta Financial Services Authority, Glen Fernandes, Head of Digital Business Design at Euroclear Group, Jennifer Peve, Managing Director, Global Head of Strategy and Innovation at DTCC, and Ondřej Dusílek, Chief Executive Officer of CSD Prague.

Wholesale CBDC and digital assets settlement panel at the AFME (Association for Financial Markets in Europe)/Digital Pound Foundation event in London
Martin Watkins was discussing the use cases for wholesale CBDC and digital assets settlement at the AFME (Association for Financial Markets in Europe)/Digital Pound Foundation panel alongside representatives from Citi, JP Morgan, TP ICAP, UBS, Barclays, SDX, Accenture, Zodia Markets and Clifford Chance.

Montis joins the International Securities Services Association
Montis Group Limited (Montis), the digital Financial Markets Infrastructure (dFMI) subsidiary of the Archax Group (Archax), has joined on the 13 February 2023 The International Securities Services Association (ISSA) – the global industry body focused on progressive solutions to mitigate risk, improve efficiency and effectiveness from issuer to investor

“Enabling investor access in a regulated environment” panel discussion at the Informa Connect “Cryptoassets Regulation and Compliance” event in London
Montis CEO Martin Watkins and Archax CCO Ben Brown will be on the “Enabling investor access in a regulated environment” panel at the Informa Connect “Cryptoassets Regulation and Compliance” event on the 8 December 2022.

Secondary Transactions and Distribution Aspects panel discussion at CMS/LHoFT “Will blockchain finally disrupt the full funds value chain in 2023?” event in Luxembourg
Montis CEO Martin Watkins and Regulations and Compliance Manager Padmini Krishnan were in Luxembourg on the 10 November 2022 for the CMS “Will Blockchain Finally Disrupt the Full Funds Value Chain In 2023?" event.

Expanding team with ex-Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch staff to build digital post-trade ecosystem
On the 10 November 2022, Montis Group, the Archax subsidiary focussed on building digitally.
native post-trade infrastructure, has today announced the expansion of its senior management, adding Padmini Krishnan and Alanbek Yussupov to the team.

Keynote speech at the inaugural Black Manta Capital Partners “Krypto Kameel” event in Vienna
Montis CEO Martin Watkins gave the Keynote presentation on digital securities at the inaugural Black Manta Capital Partners “Krypto Kameel” event in Vienna on the 21 November 2022

Archax subsidiary Montis Digital expands team to build digital post-trade ecosystem
Onboards BNY Mellon and Broadridge veterans, Steve Higgins and David Gest

Archax subsidiary Montis Digital to launch blockchain based digital post-trade infrastructure
“Archax is delighted to announce its subsidiary, Montis Digital, a new breed of post-trade digital securities infrastructure”

CordaCon 2021 “Capital Markets & Digital Assets”
Martin Watkins is speaking at R3’s flagship conference CordaCon 2021, which is focusing on the benefits of trust technology and approaches to connecting networks and ecosystems in regulated markets.

Honorary Fellowship
Martin Watkins has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.