Global Custody Ratings & Research

Established in 1994, Thomas Murray provides ratings, information and data on global custodian banks, central securities depositories and capital market systems throughout the world. Thomas Murray provides these and other specialist advisory services to help institutional clients manage post-trade risks and evaluate, select (custody rfp reviews) and monitor third party service providers.

Thomas Murray rates, reviews and monitors the risks, custody fees and operational effectiveness of over 300 custodians, 100 capital market infrastructures and 150 central securities depositories worldwide.

Who are our clients and why do they use us?

	Asset Managers Helping asset managers meet their regulatory and commercial requirements to monitor risks and third party service providers.			Institutional Investors Helping investors avoid hidden risks and costs of custody arrangements and helping them monitor the operational effectiveness of their custodian.
Custodian Banks An independent and objective verification of a bank’s performance and capabilities and the monitoring of sub-custodian networks.		Thomas Murray Supporting participants in the financial markets			Central Securities Depositories Promoting improvements in performance and benchmarking against the practices of other leading depositories.
	Alternative Investment Managers Helping participants in the alternative investments industry to select and monitor service providers.			Information & Data Clients Helping banks, investors and other capital market participants to identify, manage and monitor post-trade risks in global capital markets.