Growing complexity keep custodians challenged

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As pension funds become more at ease using complex investment structures and strategies within portfolios, the increased diversity has created a number of issues for pension fund custodians. Heather Dale reports

As pension fund investments and strategies become increasingly sophisticated, custodians have had to expand their expertise to both deal with more complex demands from clients and to ward off price...

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