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BNP Paribas Securities Services is the asset-servicing business of BNP Paribas, providing global and local custody, settlement and clearing, fund administration and transfer agency, depositary and trustee services for UCITS and AIFs, middle-office outsourcing, collateral management, agency securities lending, FX and cash services, and data and reporting solutions to asset managers, asset owners (including pension funds and insurers), banks and brokers, and alternative investment funds. The platform operates through a mix of proprietary branches and appointed sub-custodians, with connectivity to major market infrastructures (such as Euroclear, Clearstream, DTCC and local CSDs/CCPs) across a broad multi-market network, and supports omnibus and segregated account structures where local rules permit. Following an internal legal simplification completed in recent years, the business operates as a line within BNP Paribas SA and is subject to EU prudential oversight alongside local regulatory regimes in the jurisdictions where it is active. Services include cross-border fund distribution support, ETF servicing, private capital administration (private equity, real estate, infrastructure), corporate actions processing, cash and liquidity management, and regulatory and investor reporting (including EMIR, MiFID II, SFDR and CSDR settlement-discipline processes). Technology access is offered via SWIFT, APIs and file-based channels, with an online client portal for instructions, dashboards and analytics; additional tools cover ESG data integration and vendor data onboarding. Tax services include relief-at-source where available and reclaim processing, subject to market rules, documentation and timelines. Pricing is contract-specific and reflects market coverage, asset mix, activity volumes and service scope; onboarding involves KYC/AML checks and market account openings, which can extend timelines for complex, multi-jurisdictional setups. Operational considerations include reliance on sub-custodian networks, settlement-cycle changes (including T+1 markets), market-infrastructure outages, cross-border tax complexity and data-security requirements. Peer firms include global custodians operated by universal banks and custody specialists, with differentiation driven by network breadth, integration with banking services and technology interoperability.