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2019 Transition Management Survey

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Transition Manager League Tables


Number of Regions Qualified and Responses
(Global Providers)

Qualified providers Number of
regions qualified		 Number
of responses
BlackRock 2 28
Citi 3 29
Macquarie 3 30
Northern Trust 2 19
Pavilion 2 17
State Street 3 37
All Respondents 179

Percentage of “Extremely Satisfied” Clients
(Global Providers)

Rank “Extremely Satisfied”
1 Pavilion 88.2%
2 BlackRock 79.3%
2 Citi 79.3%
4 Northern Trust 72.2%
5 Macquarie 70.0%
6 State Street 63.6%
All Respondents 75.6%

Transition Complexity (Global Providers)

(5 = “extremely complex”; 1 = “very simple”)

Rank Disclosure of performance vs benchmarks
1 Pavilion 4.06
2 Citi 3.59
3 State Street 3.59
4 BlackRock 3.57
5 Macquarie 3.57
6 Northern Trust 3.21
All Respondents 3.52

Disclosure of Performance vs Benchmarks
(Global Providers)

5 = “complete disclosure”; 1 = “no disclosure”

Rank Disclosure of performance vs benchmarks
1 Pavilion 4.71
2 Macquarie 4.69
3 BlackRock 4.64
4 Citi 4.62
5 Northern Trust 4.56
6 State Street 4.56
All Respondents 4.63

Assessment of Performance vs Pre-trade Estimate
(Global Providers)

5 = “always below”; 1 = “always above”

Rank Performance vs. central point estimate
1 Northern Trust 3.63
2 Macquarie 3.45
2 State Street 3.45
4 Pavilion 3.44
4 Citi 3.44
6 BlackRock 3.36
All Respondents 3.50

Overall Satisfaction (Global Providers)

5 = “extremely satisfied”; 1 = “not at all satisfied”

Rank Overall satisfaction
1 Pavilion 4.82
2 BlackRock 4.79
3 Citi 4.79
4 Northern Trust 4.67
5 Macquarie 4.57
6 State Street 4.48
All Respondents 4.69
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