State Street has a long, trusted and storied heritage in the investment servicing business. For decades, we have been providing the highest level of custody, accounting and related services to collective funds and pension plans all over the world. Today, State Street is the clear leader in delivering highly specialised asset servicing solutions for large pools of assets on a global scale.

At the heart of our investment servicing approach is a focus on the importance of timely, accurate and insightful information in making successful investment decisions. State Street clients leverage our long-term commitment to innovation and best-of-breed technology. They receive the output and insights produced by industry-leading information delivery platforms that provide real-time access to the most accurate, detailed portfolio information.

All of our offerings are powered by State Street's highly sophisticated IT infrastructure. From straight-through processing to inter-enterprise technology solutions to client-friendly software, we deliver consistently flawless daily support and information that enable our clients to make sound investment decisions.

Our client-specific asset servicing solutions are assembled from a wide range of services that include accounting, custody, daily pricing, shareholder recordkeeping, fund administration and reporting. State Street continues to lead the asset servicing industry by innovating in a number of areas:

• A consultative, customised approach to outsourcing middle- and back-office investment operations



• Leadership and experience in providing innovative administration services designed to enable our clients to redirect their resources to core business activities



• Fully integrated, interoperable, online systems



• An unmatched level of scalability that offers investors a true platform for growth



• An integrated global network that our clients rely on for decision support 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year

State Street is one of the world's largest custodians and has set many of the standards that define the investment servicing industry. We take a consultative approach to every client relationship, working closely with sophisticated investors to develop the right mix of asset services to help them meet their goals by keeping them in lockstep with the market and investment performance information required for success.