BNY Mellon to Provide OTC Derivatives and Collateral Management Services to British Airways Pension Fund

NEW YORK and LONDON, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BNY Mellon, the global leader in investment management and investment services, has been selected by British Airways Pension Fund to provide specific services for a number of the Fund's over-the-counter (OTC) derivative investments.

"The needs of global retirement systems have grown increasingly sophisticated given ongoing regulatory developments, the emergence of new, more complex financial instruments and today's cross-border investment environment," said Nadine Chakar, executive vice president and head of product and strategy for BNY Mellon's Global Collateral Services business. "As an organization, we're focused on delivering services to work with clients at every stage of the investment lifecycle by trading, holding, managing, servicing and distributing their financial assets."

Global Collateral Services offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities to help our clients address their collateral, liquidity and securities financing needs. As they face evolving global regulations and rapidly changing market requirements, clients can leverage BNY Mellon's products and services to better manage counterparty and market risk in their collateral transactions, engage in more investment opportunities to help maximize their investment returns and access new financing alternatives. 

BNY Mellon currently services $2 trillion in global collateral (including tri-party repo collateral worldwide) and approximately $100 billion in assets through its Liquidity DIRECT^(SM) investment portal, and operates one of the industry's largest securities lending programs, with $3 trillion in lendable assets.

BNY Mellon is a global investments company dedicated to helping its clients manage and service their financial assets throughout the investment lifecycle. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, BNY Mellon delivers informed investment management and investment services in 36 countries and more than 100 markets. As of December 31, 2012, BNY Mellon had $26.7 trillion in assets under custody and administration, and $1.4 trillion in assets under management. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments.

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