SQM Frontier Management Sticks with BNY Mellon for FX Custody

BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment services, has been appointed by SQM Frontier Management (SQM), a US-based asset management specialist to provide global custody and related services. Under the terms of the new mandate, will also provide foreign exchange services.
Founded in 2010, SQM is a SEC-registered investment adviser focused on Africa and the Middle East. The company’s clients are primarily institutions including university endowments, charitable foundations and pension funds.

The mandate encompasses a full suite of core US , including real-time access to information and bespoke reporting services for the $850 million asset manager.
prime custody also provides services in relation to global trust and custody, accounting, performance measurement, capital management, liquidity and capital markets.
Expanding FX offering
FX custody is just one of a number of services BNY Mellon is introducing ‎to enable its clients to more efficiently access global currency markets. The comprehensive FX suite leverages the bank’s existing pool of liquidity, collateral, and funding ‎capabilities and opens it up to its global client base.‎
Earlier this year, BNY Mellon‏ ‏launched a to enable clients to trade and margin their FX through a counterparty that oversees more than $30 trillion of assets under custody.
The increase in banking regulation, which mandates increased minimum ‎levels of capital and increases in reporting expenses, has resulted in a lot of ‎banks leaving the prime broking space‏.‏ ‎ ‎
Commenting on the news, Donald Savage, COO at SQM Frontier Management, said: “BNY Mellon demonstrated a strong commitment to – and expertise in – emerging markets custody and FX services, combined with dedicated, high-touch, service model.”
Scott Kern, head of custody services at BNY Mellon, added: “We are delighted to have been selected by SQM, which has been a leading alternative manager in both frontier and emerging markets for over 15 years. Our selection is a recognition of our ongoing commitment to our clients, our prime custody offering and a continued focus on technology innovation.”