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

This year’s results from a larger response pool confirm our 2021 survey findings that custody clients are more or less content, if unenthused.

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

Faced with pressure from managers to help them adapt to a challenging and fast-moving climate, hedge fund administrators have rallied to the task.

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

The 2022 Prime Brokerage Survey has been conducted during what might proverbially be called ‘interesting times’.

Private Equity Administration

Results have generally improved compared to 2021 as providers report increased business.

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.