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September 30th, 2009 LONDON - BNY Mellon, a global leader in securities servicing and asset management, having received all required regulatory approvals has today announced the merger of its Dutch-based subsidiary BNY Mellon Asset Servicing B.V. into the Belgian bank entity it established in May of this year.

September 13th, 2009 LONDON - BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, the global leader in securities servicing, has been appointed by Jyske Bank, the second largest independent bank in Denmark to provide global custody services for assets valued at US $11 billion Jyske Bank is headquartered in Silkeborg and supports a range of institutional and wealth management clients. They had managed their own sub-custody network in over 40 markets directly prior to appointing BNY Mellon.

July 14th, 2009 DUBLIN - - CSAM launches first Irish ETFs BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, the global leader in securities servicing, has been selected by Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) to provide a full range of fund services including accounting, administration, transfer agency and custody services, to support the launch of their first Irish ETFs. The ETFs will be UCITS products and will be based on broad market equity and fixed income indices.

July 12th, 2009 SAO PAULO - - SulAmerica is the only independent market asset management company to get AMP-1 classification Standard & Poor's announced that it rated SulAmerica Investimentos as AMP-1, considered very strong. The assessment refers to SulAmerica Investimentos' management practices of third party assets -- AMP - Asset Management Practices -- which reflect the high-quality business profile of the company and the benefits of belonging to Grupo SulAmerica.

June 22nd, 2009 LONDON - The World Finance 2009 ESG Awards have been announced. The winners were: Best ESG Research House, Germany WestLB AG Best ESG Institutional Asset Manager, Netherlands Syntrus Achmea Asset Management Best ESG Asset Manager, France Groupama Asset Management Best ESG Wealth Manager, Netherlands ABN AMRO Best ESG Asset Manager, Italy Eurizon Capital SGR Best ESG Asset Manager, Sweden SEB Wealth Management Best ESG Asset Manager, Brazil Itaú Unibanco Banco Múltiplo SA Best ESG Research House, France Novethic Best ESG Microfinance Consultant, International Perfect Point Partners Best ESG Asset Manager, USA ClearBridge Advisors Best ESG Asset Manager, UK Threadneedle Investment Best ESG Institutional Asset Manager, Switzerland SAM Sustainable Asset Management Best ESG Institutional Asset Manager, Norway DnB NOR Asset Management Best ESG Research House, UK EIRIS Best ESG Research House, USA IW Financial Best ESG Asset Manager, Belgium Dexia Asset Management Best ESG Wealth Manager, Switzerland Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Group Best ESG Asset Manager, Spain BBVA Asset Management Best ESG Asset Manager, Denmark Nykredit Asset Management A/S About the Awards The World Finance awards panel, headed up by editor Alexander Redcliffe, used a wide range of criteria, and the critical eye of a collective 180 years of financial journalism to inform its decision over the most pertinent categories to include in the 2009 awards, and to establish criteria for voters to consider, such as innovation, originality and quality of product, as well as proof of market development and excellence in client representation.

May 5th, 2009 LONDON - The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV will be sixth largest bank in Belgium The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, the global leader in securities servicing and asset management, today announced it has established The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, a new banking entity that will be the lead European entity for a range of business activities, including global custody, global collateral management and depotbank. By the end of 2009, the new Belgian bank will incorporate activities carried out by the existing BNY Mellon Brussels Branch and, subject to regulatory approval, the Netherlands-based BNY Mellon Asset Servicing B.V.

May 3rd, 2009 NAPERVILLE, Illinois - Calamos Asset Management announced that it will establish a London presence and has named Vincenzo Falbo senior vice president and director, international. "Vince's extensive experience in Europe and the U.S.

April 19th, 2009 NEW YORK and LONDON - Accelerates growth of BNY Mellon Asset Management boutique in U.S. Newton* has announced that Newton Capital Management Limited, its business offering services in the U.S., has been awarded a new global equity mandate for Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA), the public pension fund for more than 400 government agencies and public entities in the State of Colorado.

March 31st, 2009 CAPELLE AAN DEN IJSSEL, The Netherlands - Dexton Software Corporation creates a perfect product market combination with the Dexton Master Solutions Suite 2.0 and the IBM Maximo product. IBM Maximo Asset Management unifies comprehensive asset life cycle and maintenance management on a single platform.

March 23rd, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON - Business Volume Continues to Grow Rapidly for Award Winning Group Mellon Transition Management (MTM), the transition management specialist for BNY Mellon Asset Management, has announced the appointment of Tim Wilkinson and his team of transition management professionals to its award-winning global business. The seven-strong group joining MTM will be based in London, increasing the global team representing the business to 50.

September 30th, 2009 JPMorgan shuffles investment banking managementNEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase is shuffling the management duties of its investment bank and asset management units. The New York-based bank holding company says Steve Black will become executive chairman of the investment bank business.

September 25th, 2009 CHENNAI - City-based Cholamandalam DBS Finance, a non-banking finance company, has decided sell its mutual fund subsidiary Cholamandalam Asset Management to L&T Finance for Rs.45 crore. "We have been taking several initiatives to strengthen the company's core business.

June 24th, 2009 TORONTO - Toronto-based Lawrence Asset Management Inc. is re-launching the Lawrence India Fund in Canada next month in partnership with Reliance Asset Management.

September 5th, 2009 AIG selling asset management unit for $500 millionNEW YORK — American International Group Inc. said Saturday it reached a deal to sell a portion of its asset management business to a Hong Kong-based investment firm for $500 million.

June 17th, 2009 PARIS - European aerospace major Thales Wednesday announced the launch of a new innovative asset management services (AMS) offering to provide comprehensive material management services including on-site inventory, repair management and return to inventory. The AMS covers all Thales' avionics equipment as a well as a range of components from other original equipment manufacturers.

August 5th, 2009 Axa H1 net profit falls 39 percentPARIS — Axa SA said its net profit fell 39 percent in the first half as the global financial crisis hammered earnings at both its life and savings and asset management businesses. France's largest insurer reported net profit of euro1.32 billion ($1.9 billion) in the six months ended June 30, down from euro2.2 billion a year earlier.

September 30th, 2009 BofA sells some asset management ops to AmeripriseNEW YORK — Bank of America Corp. said Wednesday it is selling the long-term asset management business of one of its units to Ameriprise Financial Inc.

August 6th, 2009 Rates unchanged, but BoE adds monetary easingLONDON — The Bank of England is keeping official interest rates at a record low of 0.5 percent — but it is expanding its program to expand the money supply by 50 billion pounds to 175 billion pounds. With recent signs of an economic recovery on the horizon, the extension of the so-called quantitative easing program announced by the bank on Thursday indicates it remains cautious about those early indicators.

August 6th, 2009 Barclays backs BlackRock offer for BGILONDON — British bank Barclays PLC said Thursday that U.S. investment manager BlackRock Inc.'s offer for its asset management arm, Barclays Global Investors, was a "compelling proposal" that could generate as much as $14.2 billion pounds.

April 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A strong business plan and a strong management team is what lures an investor towards a start-up company, say researchers. Lead researchers Steven N.