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The results of the Global Custodian 22nd annual Agent Banks in Emerging Markets Survey are released today. Since its inception, the survey has sought to measure client perceptions regarding the quality of the clearing and settlement and asset-servicing duties of their agent banks. Results are measured across three client segments (Leading, Cross-Border/Non-Affiliated (CB/NA) and Domestic) in 64 markets. A summary of rated providers and the Best in Class (BIC) awards that they earned are listed below in Tables 1, 2 & 3. To illustrate the changes in provider ratings since 2010, we have used a color coding system where green indicates upward movement in a rating and red indicates a downward movement; blue indicates that a provider achieved a rating in a category it did not qualify for the previous year. Additionally, for reference, we have included a list of Top Rated providers from last year. >> read more

The results of our 21st annual survey of clients of the major global custodian banks are published today. Our survey seeks to measure the opinion of the clients of global custodian banks based on the issue of separate questionnaires to institutional investors (chiefly pension funds and insurance companies not managing funds directly) and fund managers (any entity managing funds directly, including insurers and pension funds, but mainly institutional and mutual fund managers). The survey collected 671 authenticated responses, up from the 665 that we received last year. Based in the information gathered from these responses, we were able to rate 10 service providers. A summary of rated providers is listed below in Table 1. To illustrate the changes in provider ratings since 2010, we've used a color coding system where green indicates upward movement in a rating, red a downward movement, and blue indicates that a provider achieved a rating for a category in which it did not qualify for the previous year. >> read more