A fresh round of RFPs will be issued by the National Pension Service to local and global custodians as the new chairman prepares for a more aggressive asset allocation.
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A pilot securities borrowing scheme has met a lukewarm response despite the establishment of a central counterparty. Complexity in posting assets as collateral is seen as unhelpful.
Making custodians liable for asset losses would raise costs sharply, lead to consolidation and alter the way the industry operates, agree summit participants.
They eagerly await regulatory approval for the first fund admin outsourcing deal, while some see the opening of local custodian business to foreign banks as imminent.
The custodian has transferred BBH veterans Robert Lees and Richard Meek to Hong Kong to strengthen its securities-lending presence.
de Maintenant says, unlike his sub-custody rivals, Deutsche Bank doesn''t cut the globals'' grass.
Keith Yuen, secretary of the MTR Corporation''s retirement scheme, explains why plan sponsors should run regular checks on their custodians.
Could technology make custodians redundant? Not entirely. Leading industry practitioners believe the safekeepers will always have their role to play.