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Investor services – is custody still king?
The leading investor services banks (State Street, BNY Mellon, JP Morgan, Citibank and so on) seem to be bifurcating into two distinct types: the Trust Banks (BNY Mellon, Northern Trust and State Street) and the universal banks (JP Morgan, Citibank, HSBC, BNP Paribas). At the same time we are seeing several banks re-shape their offerings and/or exit from certain services. Why is this? It probably all boils down to two connected factors – profitability and capital requirements.
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Some people like change. Most don’t.
The key drivers for change in our industry have remained constant for a number of years; regulation, cost-control, operational efficiency and the need to stay ahead of one’s competitors. In addition there are a multitude of organisation-specific reasons for implementing change, meaning change is something that all organisations have to deal with, and for many it seems like it is constant.
A focus on IBOR
Increasingly software vendors and industry figures are hyping IBOR as the solution to many familiar IT and data problems, but is that really the case?