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Trust and securities services
We provide integrated trust and securities services to corporates, financial institutions, private equity firms and supranational agencies worldwide. Our offering spans four product areas. Corporate trust covers trustee and agency roles across bonds, structured finance, syndicated loans, project finance and escrow arrangements. Our Depositary receipts capabilities support American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) and Global Depositary Notes (GDNs), helping issuers connect with international investors. Our Custody and fund services offering brings together custody, clearing, asset servicing, securities financing and liquidity services, enhanced by digital and data tools across 30 markets. Through Document custody, we provide independent review, reporting and secure safeguarding of physical and electronic loan documents.
Latest videos
3 September 2026
Road to Sibos 2026: The future of custody
16 September 2026
Road to Sibos 2026: A global perspective
21 September 2026
Road to Sibos 2026: Where custody meets payments
Explore our microsite Digital Assets Custody
Keep your digital assets safe with our institutional grade custody solution – secure key storage, reliable platform and easy to use interface.
Recent white papers and guides
September 21, 2026
Asia T+1: speed without fragility Asia T+1: speed without fragility
As Asia's markets assess accelerated settlement, this white paper explores how the region can move to T+1 while maintaining liquidity, resilience and cross-border investability. It examines the operational, funding and market-structure challenges of compressed timelines and the capabilities needed for a successful transition
September 10, 2026
Regulatory outlook in securities services 2026 Regulatory outlook in securities services 2026
Now an established annual series, this latest white paper provides a concise overview of the regulatory and market developments reshaping the global post-trade landscape, with deep dives on Europe, Asia and the Americas (US and Brazil)
May 7, 2026
Digital Money – a perspective on stablecoins, tokenised deposits, and CBDCs Digital Money – a perspective on stablecoins, tokenised deposits, and CBDCs
This new white paper explores the digital money landscape – spanning stablecoins, tokenised deposits and central bank digital currencies – the regulatory and market forces shaping it, and how these changes are impacting financial institutions, corporate treasury and custody models
Download our capital markets guides Market-focused capital markets guides
Our capital markets guides, prepared each year by Deutsche Bank experts from our Trust and Securities Services team, provide investors with the essential information needed for each featured region, including a summary of investment routes, foreign direct investment, and trading procedures.
Global recognition
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2025 IJGlobal award winner, presented March, 2026
- Global Corporate Trust Provider of the Year, for the 5th consecutive year
- North America Corporate Trust Provider of the Year, 7th consecutive year
- Europe Corporate Trust Provider of the Year
- APAC Corporate Trust Provider of the Year, 7th consecutive year
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emeafinance Achievement Awards 2025, June 2026
Best Depositary Receipt Bank, for the 3rd consecutive year
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Global Custodian, Leaders in Custody 2026, May 2026
- Best Provider as rated by Network Managers, Emerging Markets
- Agent Bank of the Year – Emerging Markets
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Global Custodian, Leaders in Custody Asia 2026, May 2026
- Best Custodian in China (2nd consecutive year)
- Agent Bank of the Year – Overall (2nd consecutive year)
- Agent Bank of the Year – Emerging Markets
- Best in Class, Asset Safety & Risk Management
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The Asset Triple A Sustainable investing
Among the notable achievements were:
- Custodian Banker of the Year – Malaysia: Richard Lim
- Corporate Trust Executive of the Year: Ivy Fung
- Best Domestic Custodian – India: awarded for the 17th consecutive year
- Best Domestic Custodian – Malaysia: awarded for the 9th consecutive year
- Best Fund Administrator – Retail Funds – Sri Lanka: awarded for the 12th consecutive year
- Best Fund Administrator – Retail Funds – Malaysia: awarded for the 6th consecutive year
- Best in Corporate Trust – Australia: won for the second consecutive year, alongside Best Corporate Trust Mandate
- Best DR Mandate: awarded for the 13th time since 2013