Agent Banks in Emerging Markets

Last year agent banks were given credit by clients for battling through the initial upheaval wrought by the Covid pandemic. This year it seems like everyone’s a little tired.

Agent Banks in Frontier Markets

The distribution of scores across this year’s ABFM survey suggests that frontier markets share no more characteristics in terms of the service provided than their larger peers.

Agent Banks in Major Markets

After a few years of what in schools is called ‘grade inflation’, agent bank clients have revised their assessments downwards.

Central and Eastern Europe Domestic Custody

While Central and Eastern Europe is regarded for the sake of convenience as a single region, securities services providers experience different client priorities and requirements in the individual markets.

China Domestic Survey

Exchange Traded Fund Administration Survey

As demand for ETFs continues to skyrocket, service providers are expected now more than ever to provide a seamless and value-added service to fund managers.

Greece Domestic Survey

In recent years, Greek custodian banks have been prisoners of the country’s sovereign debt ratings. Until these improve, domestic institutions will be an increasingly important client segment.

Hedge Fund Administration Survey

Hedge fund administrators have passed the test set by the pandemic.

India Domestic Survey

Domestic Indian institutions rate their securities services providers highly, but not necessarily in the same way as their cross-border counterparts.

Malaysia Domestic Survey

Operational reforms will help local providers meet the service needs of a growing investor base.

Mutual Fund Administration Survey

Following several years of consolidation among mutual fund administrators and a trend towards conversion of mutual funds to ETFs, the 2022 MFA survey nevertheless show that as a whole, clients globally are well served.

Prime Brokerage Survey

Despite a second year of lockdown and economic uncertainty, client assessment of their prime brokers seems to have stabilised.

Private Equity Administration

The COVID-19 pandemic has tested administrators and clients alike without, however, derailing expansion plans.

Singapore Domestic Survey

South Africa Domestic Survey

While domestic institutional clients of South African custodians have a similar overall perception of their service providers to the banks’ foreign clients, there are some intriguing differences at a service category level.

Tri-Party Securities Financing

This year’s survey has been substantially revised to take account of regulatory developments and the engagement of the buy-side.