Agent Banks in Emerging Markets

Despite a range of challenging working environments in 2020, securities services providers have emerged from this year’s ABEM survey with reputations enhanced.

Agent Banks in Frontier Markets

The 2021 ABFM survey provides further evidence that multi- market and regional service provision is gaining ground, though where there is sufficient activity and a domestic client base on which to build, local market provision is a viable option.

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

Respondents to the second annual ETF Administration Survey are turning to service providers for a more full-rounded offering to help enter and expand into the ETF market.

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

Despite the global economy taking a huge hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, the quality of mutual fund administration appears to be going from strength to strength.

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.