Bob Crew
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ABN takes on Russian equities
ABN Amro has launched a new custody service for equities in Russia with a view to increasing its competitiveness in this emerging market. The Dutch bank is already providing custody for Russian bonds from its Moscow office, which is managed by Oleg Mikhalev. This has been confirmed by Calum MacDougall, ...
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Comment: MSS stays in the leadership race
Another European player aims to ensure that US banks do not dominate the custody stakes, writes Bob Crew
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OU thinks again about Sedgwick
The 20-year relationship between The Open University (OU) and its actuarial adviser and consultant Sedgwick Noble Lowndes (SNL) may be about to change. David Prince, the OU’s pension fund manager in Milton Keynes, told IPE: For the first time we are asking ourselves the question whether to appoint Noble Lowndes ...
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Securities lending comes of age for Europe's pension funds
Chase Manhattan’s Global Securities Services in London is about to announce new global Custody Mandates in Europe-one a German pension fund and the other a large European foundation, the mandate of which is worth US$2bn and will be invested globally.
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Unilever: was it a matter of style?
How did Gartmore Fund Managers come to lose £1bn worth of Unilever’s pensions business? When the £3.5bn Unilever pension fund announced last month that it was withdrawing its £1bn mandate from Gartmore and appointing new external managers instead, shock waves went round the City of London.
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The drive to be the biggest of them all
Bob Crew explains the thinking behind BoNY’s increased interest in State Street
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Deutsche challenges US in custody battle
Germany’s largest bank – the 125 year old Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt – has announced that it is aiming, this year and for the following two years, to double its custody business.
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The race to the top of the class
Bob Crew explains why custodians are opening their doors to consultants and allowing them to grade them
