Responding to Client Demand for Cutting-Edge Technology and Value-Added Services

摘要

To compete for market share in an increasingly global industry, custodians are developing value-added services, in addition to enhancing such standard services as settlement, deposit management, the collection of portfolio income and dividends, tax and proxy voting services, and notification of corporate actions. Increasingly, custodians are finding it important to offer real-time reporting of trade activities, performance measurement, risk management, lending capabilities, cash management, commission recapture and transition management. The term "custody" itself is outdated, says Rajen Shah, JPMorgan's managing director and global head of custody/Institutional investors today need a wide range of services for all asset classes," he says."We recently changed our name to JPMorgan Investor Services to better reflect the varied and complex services we provide to our clients globally."