BNY Mellon reveals mixed bag of results

The world's largest custodian had eye-watering declines in foreign exchange trading revenues, amid a varied performance for the custody industry in the first quarter

BNY Mellon, the world’s largest custodian, has revealed a mixed bag of results for the three months to the end of March, with eye-watering declines in foreign exchange trading revenues.

The custodian saw its assets under custody increase by 4% over the year and 3% from the last quarter to $26.6 trillion. But FX trading revenue slumped to $136m in the first quarter, down 21% year-on-year and a fall of 26% from the last quarter.

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