February

Kilpatrick named president of BNY Mellon trust 03 February 2012

New hire replaces Timothy Vara who was recently named head of the transaction management group for BNY Mellon Corporate Trust

SGSS wins custody mandate 02 February 2012

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) in Italy has won a mandate with a wealth management firm

January

Cais opens Sydney office 31 January 2012

The move responds to growing demand for alternative investments from the Asia Pacific region

Citi wins ADR mandate 31 January 2012

AB Electrolux has selected Citi as successor depositary bank

Euroclear had record 2011 31 January 2012

Euroclear group releases strong operating results in comparison to 2010

Bahrain: one year on 25 January 2012

When the Arab Spring reached Bahrain a year ago the asset management and asset servicing sectors felt immediate pain. The central bank and local banks are optimistic but much depends on the actions of the authorities, finds Stephanie Baxter

BNY Mellon appoints global head of derivatives 20 January 2012

Appointee succeeds Patrick Tadie, who has been named business executive for the company's alternative and broker-dealer services businesses

BNY Mellon reorganises asset servicing teams 19 January 2012

BNY Mellon has made changes to it asset servicing mangement teams across a number of regions

BNY Mellon wins ETF and sec lending mandate 19 January 2012

BNY Mellon will provide custody, fund accounting and securities lending for six new Market Vector Industry ETFs

Deutsche Bank wins ADR mandate 17 January 2012

Deutsche Bank has been appointed depositary for BG Group’s American depositary receipt programme

Northern Trust makes two key appointments 17 January 2012

Northern Trust has named a new head of Emea sales and new head of the Nordic region

Birgen leaves HSBC 13 January 2012

Germain Birgen, global head of fund solutions for HSBC Securities Services (HSS) and HSBC’s Islamic securities services business, in Luxembourg, has left the bank

Citi wins fund of funds mandate 13 January 2012

Citi will provide fund administration and custody for a fund of hedge funds firm

Sub-custody survey: Americas 11 January 2012

Part of the worldwide Global Investor/ISF 2012 sub-custody guide and survey

Sub-custody survey: Asia Pacific 11 January 2012

Part of the worldwide Global Investor/ISF 2012 sub-custody guide and survey

Sub-custody survey: Europe 11 January 2012

Part of the worldwide Global Investor/ISF 2012 sub-custody guide and survey

Sub-custody survey: Middle East and Africa 11 January 2012

Part of the worldwide Global Investor/ISF 2012 sub-custody guide and survey

Beneficial owners survey 2012: the full results 09 January 2012

Beneficial owners rated their lenders and provided their opinions in greater numbers than ever in Global Investor/ISF’s 2012 survey. Analysis by Alastair O’Dell

BNY Mellon wins ETF servicing mandate 05 January 2012

The two additional Direxion funds to be serviced by BNY Mellon extend the firms' relationship to cover 52 ETFs

AIFMD could push funds to synthetics 03 January 2012

Custodian banks are concerned about how the depositary liability regime under the AIFM directive could affect asset allocation trends and complicate the investment process. Stephanie Baxter reports

Northern Trust wins custody mandate 03 January 2012

St Joseph Health System in California has chosen Northern Trust as its custodian bank