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Relationship Management has also seen the largest annual shift – increasing with an impressive 89 basis points . Account Management has also seen a significant uptick ( up 85 basis points ) pushing this category firmly into the Very Good camp . While three categories have seen a slight dip in their ratings , every single category has been rated as Good or above .
MUFG
Mizuho Bank
6.74
7.00
6.00
6.74
5.74
6.91
5.68
6.91
6.80
7.00
6.00
6.73
5.41
6.91
5.83
6.66
5.00
6.91
5.65
6.78
7.00
7.00
5.00
7.00
6.00
6.84
5.91
6.88
Mizuho Bank Always a strong performer in this survey , Mizuho Bank logs another impressive performance , with an overall score of 6.88 . The Tokyo-headquartered provider scores firmly at Very Good and has even seen an uptick from last year – with four categories this year receiving perfect scores . In fact , every single category has seen an improvement in ratings since 2023 , and not one scores below 6.00 . It will come as little surprise then , that there is plenty of praise for Mizuho Bank , which is regarded as “ the No . 1 agent bank in the Japanese Market ” by clients , who also note that “ Mizuho is always our first call bank ”. Excitingly - and always surprisingly given the global sentiment to this category - Pricing has seen the largest annual upward trend with an overall score of 6.91 ( up 0.46 decimal places ). Data Services ( 6.73 ) and Technology ( 6.84 ) has also seen significant movement since 2023 . When assessing the market , the sub-custodian notes some concerns about the T + 1 migration in the US highlighting several areas where issues may occur . Even if signs are somewhat positive a few months into adapting to the new cycle , there is still a long way to go before Asian investors can fully claim to be operationally adjusted to the new US schedule . Mizuho also notes the need for this adoption domestically and that there have been discussions among the Financial Services Agency “ so that Japan ' s securities settlement system would not be left behind the rest of the world ”.
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