Thomas Murray News

Friday, 18 February, 2011

Over the past 16 years, Thomas Murray has established a unique and independent voice in the global securities industry. Our advice and knowledge has been sought by countless entities wishing to safely navigate this increasingly complex world. In response to many requests, we have re-aligned our website to not only focus on the services and products we provide, but to publish articles, editorials, opinion pieces and other insights; as a fellow participant in this fascinating but sometimes inscrutable world, you have been invited to read what Thomas Murray has to say about various pertinent issues facing our business. We believe you will find our new site interesting, thought-provoking and a fresh view on our industry.

This week on the Thomas Murray website:

Latest News

RBC Dexia predicts outsourcing boom as fund managers cut costs in low return markets

Friday, 18 February, 2011

Pan-European DC pension vehicles creates opportunity for European custodians

Thursday, 17 February, 2011

New SWIFT proxy voting messages go live

Thursday, 17 February, 2011

Thomas Murray Editorial

Carbon Credit Registries - Time for CSDs?

Monday, 07 February, 2011

Following several high profile thefts from private registries of carbon credit markets in Europe, the European Commission suspended most of its Emissions Trading Schemes in the EU. Over $40m of carbon credits have been stolen from registries in the Czech Rep., Austria, Germany and Romania during the last few months...

Opinion

Dominic Hobson
The global custodian banks are too big to succeed

Central bankers have much in common with generals, those other models of public sector profligacy and incompetence. Both are immune to repeated evidence of their own failure...

More Top Stories

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FSA fines Barclays Capital £1.2 million for inadequate segregation of client cash
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BNY Mellon service inches closer to real-time NAVs
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BNY Mellon facing law suits over FX charges and securities lending losses

Latest Mandates

Custodian Service Mandate wins by date descending
Date of AnnouncementCustodianClient
18/02/2011State StreetAnglican Church of Canada
17/02/2011CitiIMI plc
17/02/2011State StreetPIMCO
16/02/2011CitiSagicor Life Jamaica Limited
14/02/2011BNY MellonVirtus Investment Partners

 

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Simon Thomas, CEO of Thomas Murray