All Securities Services articles – Page 43
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European solution still elusive
Few custodians would argue that Europe is the place to be. Yet, at the same time, talk of a European marketplace is something of a misnomer. “The trigger for_harmonisation was supposed to be the introduction of the euro, but while we hoped the next steps would follow quickly thereon in, ...
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Revolving around custody axis
An integrated approach “to transaction processing, financial logistics, risk management and asset financing supported by state-of-the-art information technology,” -Fortis Bank’s very own description of its ‘information banking’ concept. Admittedly the group has provided each constituent service for years yet according to Marcel Jongmans, head of custody at Fortis, there are ...
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Rise and rise of Luxembourg specialised funds
It was a surprise when, through the publication of my article on Luxembourg specialised investment funds (LSI) in the Luxembourg supplement published with the February issue of IPE, it became evident that LSI had already reached a volume of nearly e40bn by autumn 2000. Since then, the 2000 year-end figures ...
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Pictet does it once again
For great service from your global custodian, ignore the big outfits and instead opt for smaller providers- that is according to a survey by R&M Consulting, a UK-based market research company. Swiss private bank Pictet & Cie came out on top as the best service provider beating off competition from ...
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Technology brings transparency
Real estate business people have always exploited the lack of transparent information in the property markets. Superior knowledge is a key advantage for successful business in the real estate industry. Whereas markets for securities provide a high degree of available data about the prices of the goods traded on the ...
