Stanbic IBTC has been appointed as the local custodian of the Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) by the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA). The appointment was made following a rigorous exercise by NSIA. Stanbic IBTC’s experience and its track record of providing integrated securities services solutions form a key part of the reason for this selection.
The bank’s role as local custodian of the Fund, which is the third largest Sovereign Wealth Fund in sub-Saharan Africa, embraces safekeeping, settlement and other related services for assets in the region of $1 billion. Its appointment will complement NSIA’s appointment of other fund managers for the Sovereign Wealth Fund...............................................Full Article: Source
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