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Custody FX

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Seamless FX instruction across a range of custody account investment activity.

You may face a number of operational challenges as you address the foreign exchange requirements for your international investment portfolios. Custody FX provides you with our automated, rules-based foreign exchange (FX) deal determination and execution solutions that are designed to meet these challenges.

Supporting investment activity including security conversions, dividend repatriation, corporate events, automated income sweeps and foreign currency balances. Custody FX streamlines your foreign exchange process.


Flexible Solutions

Passive or active solutions for multiple transaction types and currencies, and for individual or multiple accounts.

Reduce Operational Risk
Rules based system ensures trades are processed and executed based on predetermined parameters.

Boost Efficiency
An automated ‘end-to-end’ solution across the FX life cycle with fully integrated accounting and reporting.

Mitigate Settlement Risk
Operational efficiency and internal settlement substantially reduces risks and costs associated with third-party FX settlements.

Comprehensive Currency Coverage
Providing FX trading for all freely traded currencies and certain restricted currencies through a well-established network of sub-custodians and local counter-parties.

Flexible Netting
Options at portfolio, investment manager or client level to reduce execution costs.

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Capital Markets | Global Foreign Exchange Solutions

We provide a range of liquidity, trading and outsourced foreign exchange solutions underpinned by sophisticated technology that is designed to provide speed, efficiency, transparency and optimum execution within a robust risk framework.

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