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REGULARS GC LEGENDS
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Inside view | Editor’s comment 40
Ronald Akkermans, UBS
Won’t somebody think of the custodians…
10
News and people moves
As he prepares for his retirement, UBS veteran Ronnie Akkermans,
reflects on a working life spent at one bank.
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My dad’s in custody | Matthew
Davey, Societe Generale
OPINION
27
Choose your words carefully
Are securities services banks actually more
client centric than in the past?
MARKET REVIEW
48
Africa: The more, the merrier
While institutional investors may welcome greater competition
among sub-custodians in individual African markets, it is not clear
that more providers would equal better service.
NEWS REVIEW
14
UK watchdog bares its teeth at
custodians, but will it bite?
Custodians are not happy about landing on the
radar of the FCA as the regulator looks into service
offerings and competition in the custody space.
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Global Custodian
Summer 2017
DOMESTIC SURVEYS
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India
Domestic investment will help accelerate the growth of Indian
capital markets, already buoyed by sustained foreign institutional
interest.
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Malaysia
Client expectations of their service providers appear to have grown
with a corresponding decrease in scores achieved.