Schroders and BONY lose £2.2bn Royal Mail custody mandate

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SCHRODERS and the Bank of New York have each lost custody mandates worth approximately £1bn after Royal Mail decided to consolidate its assets under one custodian.

JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services has been appointed as the sole custodian of £2.2bn of the £22bn Royal Mail scheme’s segregated assets.

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