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Outsourcing Custody

Since the founding of the original partnership in 2004, clients had used Adam & Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland, to provide this custody and administration service. Following a decision by Adam & Company to withdraw from providing third party administration, acting as agent for its clients, GBIM appointed Pershing Securities Limited (BNY Pershing) as custodian from April 2017.

 

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BNY Pershing

Established in 1987, BNY Pershing is a subsidiary of the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY). BNY was formed in 2007 by the merger of the Bank of New York Company Inc. and Mellon Corporation. Today BNY Pershing is a specialist in the area of asset servicing and custody. In the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands, BNY Pershing manages over 120 client relationships for a variety of organisations. Globally, BNY Pershing serves more than 1,500 institutional and retail financial organisations and independent investment advisors. Collectively, BNY Pershing customers represent over five million investors with over US $1.05 trillion in assets in custody.

BNY Pershing arranges all settlement, dividend collection, ISA management and administration alongside other nominee services.

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SRD Policy

The Shareholder Rights Directive II (SRD II) aims to promote effective stewardship and long-term investment decision making by enhancing the transparency of the investment strategies employed by Asset Management firms.

GBIM is a specialist investment firm that provides bespoke discretionary portfolio management services to retail investors and is considered an SRD asset manager.

This document sets out GBIM Limited’s engagement policy in line with the requirements under SRD II, as well as GBIM Limited’s Voting Policy.

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1st June 2021 Mifid II Article 65.6 Annual Disclosure

GBIM has a contractual arrangement to place all orders for trading with BNY Pershing Trading Services (PTS) who are part of Pershing Securities Limited (PSL) to execute on behalf of GBIM clients.  GBIM monitors the performance of PTS and reviews the service provided on a regular basis. In our opinion the execution quality obtained from PTS/PSL to date for GBIM Limited and our clients is of a high standard.

Under MIFID II PSL has a requirement to publish their RTS 28 Report providing detail on how it executes trades and tables showing its top five venues for Equities, Fixed Income and ETFs. This is published on PSL’s website and can be found by clicking the link below.

*Please note that by clicking on the hyperlink it will take you away from the GBIM website and we can’t be held responsible or liable for content on third party websites.

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Cash Management & Interest Rates

Purpose

This page provides information on BNY Pershing Interest Rates (PIR) and how these rates are used to calculate the credit interest earned on cash balances held in UK Custody (Pershing Securities Ltd) and Offshore Custody (Pershing Channel Islands Ltd).

Overview

In setting the PIR, BNY Pershing considers:

  • Central Bank rates: Whilst the PIR will not directly relate to Central Bank rates, the current rates and the interest rate environment will be considered.
  • Rates offered by network of deposit taking banks: BNY Pershing deposits investors’ cash with high quality institutions following a thorough due diligence process and ensures a risk focussed placement process. It will at the same time seek to achieve favourable commercial terms with these institutions.
  • Rates available for similar services across the marketplace: BNY Pershing view cash held by investors as cash available for investment and to support the transactional nature of an investor’s overall portfolio. They will look at other comparable market offerings to ensure PIR remains competitive.
  • Consumer Duty legislation: BNY Pershing takes its obligations under the incoming legislation very seriously, as it already does with the existing TCF regime.

Current PIR

GBP and USD cash balances held will receive a credit interest rate as shown below with the rates being reviewed/updated on at least a quarterly basis. These rates are net of all applicable charges and fees from the relevant custodian. The below rates are as of 14th October 2025 and may be subject to change.

Currency Custodian Pershing Interest Rate (%) Pershing Money Management Fee (MMF) (%) Rate Investors Receive (%)
GBP UK Custody 2.80 0.15 2.65
Offshore Custody 2.10 0.15 1.95
USD UK Custody 2.60 0.15 2.45
Offshore Custody 1.00 0.15 0.85

The PIR for other currency balances is available on request.

Operational Information

Credit interest is calculated from the date on which the funds are received, up to the date of withdrawal or the settlement of purchase transactions.

Interest payable is distributed gross, twice yearly in April and October, and is included in any Consolidated Tax Certificates.