BNY Mellon asset manager expands debt investment and research team BOSTON, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Standish Mellon Asset Management, an investment subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, today announced that Javier Murcio has joined its dedicated emerging market debt team as a senior sovereign analyst. Murcio, in this newly created position, will have the responsibility for overseeing emerging market research and will report to Alexander Kozhemiakin, director of emerging market strategies. "We are fortunate to have Javier Murcio join our emerging market debt team," said Kozhemiakin. "His extraordinary wealth of experience in the emerging markets and unique insights will provide valuable input into our investment process which is built on in-depth fundamental research." Murcio comes to Standish with 25 years of extensive experience in the emerging markets, with special emphasis on Latin America. His previous responsibilities have included directing research teams at Credit Suisse First Boston and Paribas as well as consulting work with major corporations and governments. He completed coursework towards a master's degree in economics at Boston University and received a bachelor's degree from the National University in Mexico City. With more than $160 billion in assets under management, Standish Mellon provides investment solutions for a wide variety of sophisticated investors across a broad spectrum of fixed income capabilities. These include absolute return strategies, high income/high yield, emerging market debt, global fixed income, core/core plus, municipal/tax sensitive, beta strategies, short duration and stable value strategies. Headquartered in Boston, with offices in Pittsburgh and San Francisco, Standish Mellon is one of 19 investment subsidiaries that comprise the BNY Mellon Asset Management business. 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. Additional information is available at http://www.bnymellon.com/. DATASOURCE: The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation CONTACT: Mike Dunn of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, +1-212- 922-7859, or Web site: http://www.bnymellon.com/

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