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HSBC

HSBC is a recognised market leader in the provision of securities services to financial institutions, corporates and public sector clients in both fast growing and mature markets across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa, Europe and the Americas.

Our suite of fund administration, custody and securities services solutions can enable clients to enhance their performance, mitigate risk and future-proof their businesses.

For more information, please visit our website: www.hsbcnet.com/hss

UniCredit Group's Global Securities Services network, looking back on a tradition of over 100 years, today is proud to be the best established provider in Central and Eastern Europe. Offering its services to international as well as to domestic institutions, UniCredit Group is committed to playing a major role in the development of the local securities markets.

UniCredit Group runs a comprehensive network of banks across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), which makes it the ideal platform for Custody and Securities Services in this region. The Group has not only acquired an in-depth knowledge of these markets but also plays a leading role in creating an investor friendly environment.

The Custody business is a core product line of our organisation and it is our clear goal to be the "Top Provider" in CEE. It is our strategy to permanently strengthen and extend our services in CEE countries as well as to improve our services to fully meet the requirements of international clients. These improvements cover system enhancements, product developments and quality standards of our services and our staff.

“One-Stop Shopping“ in 14 markets: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine.

www.gss.unicreditgroup.eu

BNP Paribas (www.bnpparibas.com) has a presence in 80 countries with nearly 200,000 employees, including more than 150,000 in Europe. It ranks highly in its three core activities: Retail Banking, Investment Solutions and Corporate & Investment Banking. In its Corporate & Investment Banking and Investment Solutions activities, BNP Paribas enjoys top positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas and solid and fast-growing businesses in Asia-Pacific. Its Securities Services business is a leading global custodian with a  local presence in 34 countries across five continents. It provides integrated solutions to all participants in the investment cycle including the buy side, sell side, corporates and issuers.

Citi’s Transaction Services comprises Securities and Fund Services and Treasury and Trade Solutions, and is an integral part of Citi’s Institutional Clients Group. Transaction Services offers integrated cash management, trade and securities and fund services to multinational corporations, financial institutions and public sector organizations around the world. With a network that spans more than 97 countries, Citi’s transaction services supports over 75,000 clients. As of the first quarter of 2013, transaction services held on average $415 billion in liability balances and $13.5 trillion in assets under custody.

Direct Securities Services provides custody, clearing & settlement, agency securities lending and fund services in 33 markets around the world.

Our clients enjoy the reach of a truly global securities services network; the peace of mind that comes from partnering with a stable, well-financed organisation; and the opportunities that our innovation, global market advocacy and close collaboration with the rest of the Deutsche Bank franchise regularly uncover.

Our commitment and client-centric mindset – reflected in the relentless expansion of our network across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas as well as ongoing investment in our people and technology – translate into bespoke, innovative yet simple solutions.

J.P. Morgan’s Corporate & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets and investor services. The world’s most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. With $18.2 trillion of assets under custody and $393 billion in deposits, the Corporate & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.  Further information about J.P. Morgan is available at www.jpmorgan.com

KDPW (Central Securities Depository of Poland) is responsible for the settlement of transactions concluded on the regulated market and in alternative trading systems. KDPW provides many services to issuers including dividend payments to shareholders, assimilation, exchange, conversion and split of shares, and execution of subscription rights.

The clearing house KDPW_CCP was spun off from the KDPW structure on 1 July 2011. KDPW_CCP is a modern clearing house and clears transactions on the regulated market and in the alternative trading system, using a range of mechanisms which reduce the risk of counterparty default on a systemic basis.

Clearstream is a successful securities services supplier with stable high ratings. We provide customers in more than 100 countries with access to 53 domestic markets, the international securities market and the carbon emissions rights market. Clearstream also delivers Vestima, an innovative investment funds suite plus award-winning collateral management and securities lending through the Global Liquidity Hub. We have been active in Asia for more than 20 years and have a full branch in Singapore and offices in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Luxembourg, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, London, New York and Prague.  Clearstream works with top quality partners to create opportunities through global solutions.

www.clearstream.com

Commerzbank is a leading bank in Germany and Poland. It is also present worldwide in all markets for its customers as a partner to the business world.

With the segments areas Private Customers, Mittelstandsbank, Corporates & Markets and Central & Eastern Europe, it offers its private and corporate clients as well as institutional investors the banking and capital market services they need.

With some 1,200 branches Commerzbank has one of the densest branch networks among German private banks. In total, Commerzbank boasts nearly 15 million private customers, as well as 1 million business and corporate clients. In 2012, it generated revenues of just under EUR 10 billion with approximately 56,000 employees on average.

https://www.commerzbank.de/en/hauptnavigation/home/home.html
+49 69 136 - 20
info@commerzbank.com

Euroclear is the world’s largest provider of domestic and cross-border settlement and related services for bond, equity, derivatives and fund transactions.

In 2012, the total value of securities transactions settled by the Euroclear group was EUR 542 trillion, while assets held for clients exceeded EUR 23 trillion.  Managing more than EUR 700 billion of daily collateral movements through its global Collateral Highway, Euroclear offers access to the widest range of counterparties across multiple products and asset classes. 

The Euroclear group includes Euroclear Bank, based in Brussels, as well as the national CSDs of Belgium, Finland, France, Ireland, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK.           

www.euroclear.com

GlobeTax is the world's largest provider of withholding tax relief, recovery and reporting services to the global financial services and investor community. We have offices in New York, London, Sydney and Hong Kong and provide our services to clients in over 40 countries. 
Services to financial intermediaries include tax document management via our web based portals eCerts and eDocs; income allocation and tax reclaim processing.  We also provide support for QIs and NQIs US tax information reporting (1042-S and 1099) and FATCA. 
For investors - funds, individuals, partnerships etc, we file over two million tax reclaims a year into all available global  markets and provide automated reclaim tools (eClaims) for specialist markets like the US.
For more information contact info@globetax.com

Information Mosaic is the world’s most trusted post-trade software company. As an international team of industry experts we architect and deliver intelligent post-trade software applications to the capital markets globally. We have a proven history transforming business models for the world’s premier financial institutions, enabling them to enter new markets, reduce risk, increase profitability and improve service standards.

We do this by seamlessly managing the huge volume and complex processing of all core post-trade services. These include asset servicing, securities and cash processing, portfolio administration and post trade analytics. Information Mosaic supports the post-trade operations of over 60 financial institutions worldwide.

ING Bank is an industry leader in the provision of custody services in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region, offering support and advice to many of the world's largest financial institutions. ING leverages it local knowledge, operational excellence and commitment to technology to deliver best-in-class custody services and value-added information to the bank's clients, guiding them through the intricacies and operational challenges of a region with many complexities. At present ING offers a sophisticated range of custody services in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic and Ukraine that meet the extensive needs of our clients in this constantly evolving region.

For more information, please visit www.ingsecuritiesservices.com or contact Lilla Juranyi on +31 20 563 6435 or Lilla.Juranyi@ing.nl.

Itaú is the largest financial conglomerate in the Southern Hemisphere, ranked among the largest banks in the world, with a market capitalization of USD 82.503 billion and activities in 20 countries throughout the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

A full-service provider, Itaú offers a complete portfolio of financial services to institutional investors around the world. Its family of products includes asset management; custody, brokerage services, securities lending, electronic trading; foreign exchange, legal representation; investment banking; and alternative investments. Through its specialized teams, Itaú is close to its clients, acting as a one-stop-shop offering customized solutions.

http://www.itauinstitutionalclients.com

Monte Titoli S.p.A is owned by the international diversified exchange business, London Stock Exchange Group. Monte Titoli is a leading provider of efficient and secure financial market post-trade services, across pre-settlement, settlement, custody and asset services. Monte Titoli operates a sophisticated platform providing on-exchange and OTC trade matching and confirmation as well as offering a highly efficient European settlement system and custody service for safe keeping across asset classes. Monte Titoli has an extensive international customer base of over 400 banks and brokers, CCP’s and trading venues and offers its services to more than 2,000 issuers.

www.montetitoli.it
+39 0233635212
pt.sales@londonstockexchange.com

National Settlement Depository (NSD) is the Central Securities Depository of the Russian Federation and a part of the Moscow Exchange Group. Our mission is to provide settlement and depository services to professional participants on the Russian and international financial markets.

NSD is Russia's National Numbering Agency and the Substitute Numbering Agency for the CIS authorized to assign international ISIN and CFI codes.

The status of the Central Securities Depository was assigned to NSD by the Russian Federal Financial Markets Service’s order on 6 November 2012.

 Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) regards both Austria, where it is a leading corporate and investment bank, and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) as its home market. In CEE, RBI operates an extensive network of subsidiary banks, leasing companies and a range of other specialised financial service providers in 17 markets.

In total, around 61,000 employees service about 14.1 million customers through more than 3,100 business outlets, the great majority of which are located in CEE.

RBI prides itself in offering a range of value adding services alongside standard custody products. Client satisfaction and flexibility of the product range are key to success.

www.rbinternational.com
+43 1 71 707-1820
bettina.janoschek@rbinternational

SEB is a leading Nordic financial services group. As a relationship bank, SEB in Sweden and the Baltic countries offers financial advice and a wide range of financial services. In Denmark, Finland, Norway and Germany the bank's operations have a strong focus on corporate and investment banking based on a full-service offering to corporate and institutional clients. The international nature of SEB's business is reflected in its presence in some 20 countries worldwide. On December 31, 2012, the Group's total assets amounted to SEK 2,453 billion while its assets under management totalled SEK 1,328 billion. The Group has about 16,500 employees. Read more about SEB at www.sebgroup.com.

goran.fors@seb.se
+46 8 763 53 04

SmartStream is a recognised leader in financial transaction management software that enables firms to overcome critical transaction processing issues through increased automation.

SmartStream’s industry-leading automated match rates create more proactive, exceptions-based processes that lower the cost per transaction while enabling firms to reduce operational risk, strengthen compliance and controls, and improve customer service.

SmartStream is a recognised leader in financial transaction management software that enables firms to overcome critical transaction processing issues through increased automation.

As a result, more than 1,500 clients, more than 70 of the world’s top 100 banks, 8 of the top 10 asset managers, and 8 of the top 10 custodians rely on SmartStream Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM®) solutions to deliver greater efficiency to their trading operations.

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS)

Present in 27 locations worldwide with around 4,000 employees, SGSS provides financial institutions and brokers, asset managers and insurers, and corporates with a full range of securities services adapted to the latest financial market and regulatory trends: clearing services, custody and trustee services, retail custody services, liquidity management, fund administration and asset servicing, fund distribution and global issuer services.

SGSS is the 7^th largest worldwide global custodian and the 2^nd largest in Europe with EUR 3,449* billion of assets under custody. SGSS provides custody & trustee services for 3,252* funds and the valuation of 3,904* funds, representing assets under administration of EUR 456* billion. SGSS ranks among the European leaders in stock option management.

www.sg-securities-services.com

Follow us at http://twitter.com/SG_SS

As the leading provider on the African continent, Standard Bank offers a comprehensive range of custody and investment related services in South Africa and sub Saharan Africa to local and foreign institutional investors.  

Standard Bank is a trusted partner that acts independent from the investment process and is committed to forming and maintaining solid relationships.  That’s why our offering is underpinned by a strong culture of client service and our products are tailored to suit the unique requirements of our clients.

Our expert team is able to provide specialist strategic and operational advice and assistance, ensuring a holistic service offering at global, regional and domestic level.

Standard Chartered – leading the way in Asia, Africa and the Middle East

Standard Chartered is a leading international banking group.  It has operated for over 150 years in some of the world's most dynamic markets and earns around 90 per cent of its income and profits in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.  This geographic focus and commitment to developing deep relationships with clients and customers has driven the Bank’s growth in recent years.  Standard Chartered PLC is listed on the London and Hong Kong stock exchanges as well as the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges in India.

For further information please visit www.standardchartered.com.