As reporting requirements increase and custodians prepare for the implementation of The Goods and Services Tax, Malaysian custody clients and providers agree that technology is of paramount importance.

China is now a big market but there is still more growth to come, and much work still to do.

More to do, fewer to do it. Is global custody still the business that gave our magazine its name?

While the economy treads on shaky ground, Brazil has given local investors the goahead to invest in foreign assets.

SS&C’s acquisition of Advent has the potential to create a stir.

Could poor hedge fund performance close more administration businesses?

Investment transaction costs are heading into the limelight. But how should they be calculated and who should measure them?

As increased margin requirements affect derivatives trading, custodians have a new revenue opportunity to help asset managers handle collateral complexity.

A growing number of utilities are being mooted to help the industry face the challenge of optimising, mobilising and reporting on collateral. However in an overcrowded market, Darwin’s theory of “Survival of the Fittest” could come into play.

In both Europe and the U.S., new onerous regulations are driving demands for outsourcing collateral management processes. Under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), asset managers will have to begin central clearing from 2016.

Buy siders increase tri-party repo activity as collateral outsourcing solution.

With CSDs starting to allow foreign participants, RBI has taken advantage of the changes to create a custody hub in Vienna with direct links to other CEE markets.

Outsourcing has reached a new norm, following the financial crisis and the regulatory change that resulted from it. Buyers no longer want relationships where they are bound to large-scale lift outs. Instead they want component-based services.

In February, Deutsche Bank’s Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (Deutsche AWM) unit finalised an agreement to outsource the asset servicing of over $46 billion in real estate and infrastructure funds to BNY Mellon. The deal, which also includes Deutsche AWM transferring approximately 80 employees to BNY Mellon

“When we decided to outsource our middle-office functions to State Street 11 years ago… the vision of the company at that time was that we wanted to become a global company,” says Joseph Pinto, chief operating officer at AXA Investment Managers. For any large asset manager that operates and services clients in mu