The Bank of New York Mellon Adds SWX Swiss Exchange to Its Global Listing Services
July 24 2007 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Bank of New York
Mellon, a global leader in asset management and securities
servicing, has expanded its services for clients listing debt- and
equity securities on the SWX Swiss Exchange. The Bank of New York
Mellon's London-based global listing team will act as "recognised
representative" to support listing applications for eurobonds,
equity securities including depositary receipts, and investment
funds. The SWX Swiss Exchange offering complements the company's
existing roster of listing services for the Luxembourg, London,
Ireland, Dubai, Channel Islands and Singapore stock exchanges and
makes The Bank of New York Mellon the only corporate trust provider
to offer a multi-listing service across seven major international
stock exchanges. The service extends across a diverse array of
financing instruments, beginning with the client consultation and
listing application process, through the transaction lifecycle and
ongoing support. Karen Peetz, senior executive vice president and
head of global corporate trust at The Bank of New York Mellon,
said, "The addition of the SWX Swiss Exchange to our listing
services simplifies the process of issuing and listing debt- and
equity-securities for our clients. Through our centralized listing
team, clients benefit from our industry expertise and a consistent
global approach regardless of their location." The SWX Swiss
Exchange, a part of the SWX Group, is one of the world's leading
and most technologically advanced securities exchanges. It provides
customers with first-rate securities exchange services and brings
together participants, issuers and investors in an efficient and
transparent marketplace. In addition to the broad palette of
products it offers, the SWX Swiss Exchange's integrated, fully
automatic trading, clearing and settlement system is indeed
convincing: at the click of a mouse, orders are executed, cleared,
settled and confirmed. The Bank of New York Mellon's corporate
trust services are delivered through The Bank of New York
subsidiary. The Bank of New York Mellon services $11 trillion in
outstanding debt from offices in 54 locations around the world and
provides trust services for all major debt categories, including
corporate and municipal debt, mortgage-backed and asset-backed
securities, collateralized debt obligations, derivative securities
services and international debt offerings. The Bank of New York
Mellon Corporation is a global financial services company focused
on helping clients manage and move their financial assets,
operating in 37 countries and serving more than 100 markets. The
company is a leading provider of financial services for
institutions, corporations and high-net-worth individuals,
providing superior asset management and wealth management, asset
servicing, issuer services and treasury services through a
worldwide client-focused team. It has more than $20 trillion in
assets under custody and administration and more than $1 trillion
in assets under management, and it services more than $11 trillion
in outstanding debt. Additional information is available at
http://www.bnymellon.com/. This announcement is not an offer to
sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. The
offering is made only by means of the prospectus. DATASOURCE: The
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation CONTACT: Ronald W. Sommer of
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, +1-412-236-0082, Web site:
http://www.bnymellon.com/
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