First Edition
James Essinger
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Preface
Part One: Global Custody-General Principles
I A Background to Global Custody
Introduction
Definition
Custody options facing institutional investors
The nature of global custodians
Services offered by global custodians
The origins of global custody
Reasons for the growth of the global custody industry
Forces governing the development of the global custody industry
The global custody industry today
2 Global Custody in Action
Global custody-from 'product push' to 'market pull'
The institutional investor/global custodian relationship
The selection of a global custodian
The 'proprietary network versus sub-custodian network debate
Advantages and disadvantages of a proprietary network as against a
sub-custodian network
Global custody-an investor's requirements
The marketing of global custodians
Survey of advertising in Global Custodian
3 Global Custody Technology
The nature of global custody technology
Global custody systems today
Matching technology to requirements
Vendors of proprietary global custody systems
List of vendors
4 Clearance and Settlement
Introduction
The Group of Thirty and its work on clearance and settlement
Types of clearance and settlement systems
The Group of Thirty's recommendations on clearance and settlement
A note on Cedel and Euroclear
Part Two: Global Custody Worldwide
Introduction
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
Eire (Republic of Ireland)
Finland
France
Germany
Hong Kong
Italy
Japan
Korea
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Singapore
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
Appendix
Glossary
Index